The Arizona Cardinals gained nearly $16 million in salary cap space on Sunday when the release of tackle D.J. Humphries finally took effect. He was released in March but, for cap purposes, was given a post-June 1 release. As a result, they carried his contract through the start of June.
He held the second-highest cap charge on the team at $22.9 million.
But his contract is now off the books and the Cardinals have over $35 million in cap space, the fourth-most in the league, per Over the Cap at publishing.
Let’s take a look at the top cap hits on the team, all that are at least $5 million, including dead money hits.
1. Kyler Murray, $49.1M
2. Budda Baker, $19.0M
3. Jalen Thompson, $12.5M
4. James Conner, $8.9M
5. D.J. Humphries (dead money), $6.9M
6. Kyzir White, $6.8M
7. Jonah Williams, $6.6M
8. Justin Jones, $6.6M
9. Marvin Harrison Jr., $6.4M
10. Paris Johnson, $6.4M
11. Sean Murphy-Bunting, $6.0M
12. Will Hernandez, $5.3M
13. Bilal Nichols, $5.0M
14. Zach Ertz (dead money), $5.0M
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