The NFL saw June 1 come and go. For fans, it’s just another day.
In terms of the football calendar, it’s an important date for just about every team in the league.
The reason June 1 is a highlighted occasion is because that is the date every dollar on a team’s salary cap must then be accounted for.
Prior to that, teams can designate with certain roster moves with such mechanisms as a post-June 1 move. This applies specifically to how teams manage cap charges for a player removed from a roster, either via release or trade.
With all that dust settled, one area of the salary cap affected is dead cap space. That is a lump sum of dollars a team has designated toward former contracts that are still counting against the current salary cap… hence the name “dead” cap space.
The total of dead cap space for each team in the NFL currently, including the Buffalo Bills, can be found from most to least below (according to OverTheCap):
32. Dolphins
Dead cap: $179,214,257.
31. Browns
Dead cap: $116,820,743.
30. Saints
Dead cap: $112,123,154.
29. Jets
Dead cap: $111,466,021.
28. Eagles
Dead cap: $73,796,964.
27. Cardinals
Dead cap: $73,320,820.
26. Texans
Dead cap: $66,573,375.
25. Raiders
Dead cap: $55,808,720.
24. Jaguars
Dead cap: $54,773,874.
23. Bills
Dead cap: $46,210,550.
22. Packers
Dead cap: $45,525,605.
21. Vikings
Dead cap: $45,081,407.
20. Falcons
Dead cap: $43,875,329.
19. Cowboys
Dead cap: $42,447,651.
18. Patriots
Dead cap: $38,489,465.
17. 49ers
Dead cap: $36,281,074.
16. Titans
Dead cap: $28,184,566.
15. Giants
Dead cap: $26,561,288.
14. Lions
Dead cap: $26,468,791.
13. Panthers
Dead cap: $22,140,178.
12. Commanders
Dead cap: $20,722,292.
11. Bears
Dead cap: $20,135,655.
10. Ravens
Dead cap: $18,208,715.
9. Colts
Dead cap: $15,734,477.
8. Buccaneers
Dead cap: $13,333,091.
7. Steelers
Dead cap: $12,242,947.
6. Rams
Dead cap: $10,793,686.
5. Bengals
Dead cap: $10,416,745.
4. Chiefs
Dead cap: $9,783,977.
3. Chargers
Dead cap: $5,596,511.
2. Broncos
Dead cap: $3,409,368.
1. Seahawks
Dead cap: $512,823.
This article originally appeared on Bills Wire: Post-June 1 dead cap space for all 32 NFL teams (including the Bills)
Reporting by Nick Wojton, USA TODAY / Bills Wire
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By Nick Wojton, USA TODAY | USA TODAY Network
