"As we head toward the playoffs, three NFL teams are carrying more than $100MM in dead money. That represents more than a third of the salary cap. The 49ers are also on track to make the playoffs with more than $100MM allocated to players no longer on their 53-man roster. Here is where the 32 teams stand for dead money (via OverTheCap) with three weeks left in the regular season:"
"The $100MM trio dwarfs last year's leaders - the Broncos - in this unwanted area. The Saints began taking some overdue medicine for their cap-gymnastics past by trading Marshon Lattimore last year. That move coming after June 1 pushed $31.67MM onto New Orleans' 2025 cap sheet. Derek Carr also counts $19.2MM on this year's Saints cap, while Ryan Ramczyk's retirement covers more than $11MM. The Carr punishment covers $55.88MM in total, meaning nearly $37MM from the QB's retirement will land on New Orleans' 2026 payroll. Mickey Loomis ' spree of restructures on that contract created that inflated figure."
Three teams — New Orleans ($107.83MM), San Francisco ($103.77MM) and the New York Jets ($102.1MM) — each carry more than $100 million in dead money. Several other franchises carry large burdens, including the Raiders, Eagles, Seahawks and Jaguars in the $80–$90 million range. New Orleans' total reflects moves such as trading Marshon Lattimore, Derek Carr's remaining charges and Ryan Ramczyk's retirement, with Carr's contract structuring pushing substantial charges into 2025 and 2026. The 49ers also absorbed significant dead money from a receiver-record charge. The list ranks all 32 teams' dead money figures.
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