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Expected lowering of the cap, who can afford top free agents?

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As an example of what top receivers like Robinson are expecting 20 million a year. Who can afford these players? Dolphins are 5th in cap room with 35 million with an expected 18 million for our next draft class leaving 17 million to resign or go after free agents.

Essentially, who can afford to sign anyone this year if we cant?
 
Sound like we going lose some mid level talent this yr.. the cap is too low for this yr.. this bad yr to be free agent.. we might be able find one or two middle level player..draft is important this yr.. since we dont really have lot of money..
 
Players are going to have to do some creative deals to get them signed expecting things to get back to normal and a pay bump next year.
 
KingHydra said:
As an example of what top receivers like Robinson are expecting 20 million a year. Who can afford these players? Dolphins are 5th in cap room with 35 million with an expected 18 million for our next draft class leaving 17 million to resign or go after free agents.

Essentially, who can afford to sign anyone this year if we cant?
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There are only a handful of teams with lots of cap space and, of those, only the Pat and Colts are 'destinations.' After subtracting rookie salaries, carryover, and resigning some of their own, a few more teams can afford ONE top FA - recognizing the possibility of restructures and delayed compensation contracts. As many have said, this will be a VERY interesting next few months.
 
Wondering if some agents may be creative in terms of guaranteed money but also in offering their clients at slightly lower than expected figures but with a automatic increase in their pay for 2022 to match in % how much the cap may go up by.

ie - the cap goes up by 20% so their clients wage does the same.
 
Jets and Jaguars are two teams with loads of cash. Colts were up until the Wentz trade.
 
The NFL has announced a New Deal with ABC and Disney. All four networks have finalized new TV broadcasting rights. Good news.
 
A buddy of mine says the cap is a myth, everything can be kicked down the road if needed. He isn't wrong, if you need it enough, you find the space.
 
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