The dust has settled around the NFL after a tough week of roster cuts, with almost every team back to its full capacity with 53 players on the roster, 16 on the practice squad, and a few others on injured reserve or the suspended list.
This shift in the NFL calendar also introduces a new wrinkle for salary cap accounting: every player on the team counts against the cap, unlike in the offseason, where only the top 51 contracts factored in. That means some teams (eight of them, right now) are in the red and must open up cap space; the easiest ways of doing that are restructures with veteran players or injury settlements for those on injured reserve.
Buy Saints TicketsSo where do the New Orleans Saints rank now? Are they even in the clear? Here’s how much cap space the Saints have at their disposal, and where it places among their peers (with all information sourced from Over The Cap):
1
Cleveland Browns: $26,893,800
2
Arizona Cardinals: $16,546,437
3
Carolina Panthers: $13,076,952
4
Cincinnati Bengals: $12,427,058
5
Detroit Lions: $9,471,505
6
Chicago Bears: $9,457,866
7
New York Jets: $8,433,751
8
Indianapolis Colts: $7,953,632
9
Dallas Cowboys: $7,727,531
10
Pittsburgh Steelers: $6,538,470
11
New England Patriots: $6,240,864
12
Jacksonville Jaguars: $6,127,663
13
Green Bay Packers: $6,127,663
14
Los Angeles Chargers: $5,635,997
15
New Orleans Saints: $5,484,349
16
Philadelphia Eagles: $5,197,751
17
Miami Dolphins: $3,197,751
18
Minnesota Vikings: $3,531,672
19
Seattle Seahawks: $2,755,930
20
Los Angeles Rams: $2,682,745
21
Houston Texans: $2,621,393
22
Atlanta Falcons: $1,833,684
23
Washington Commanders: $1,567,401
24
Tennessee Titans: $76,256
25
Denver Broncos: -$275,563
26
San Francisco 49ers: -$2,658,408
27
Baltimore Ravens: -$3,800,533
28
Buffalo Bills: -$4,701,177
29
New York Giants: -$5,643,636
30
Tampa Bay Buccaneers: $7,261,854
31
Las Vegas Raiders: -$7,690,379
32
Kansas City Chiefs: -$8,636,131
