It’s never to early to take a look at what our salary cap could look like next year. Of the top 51 as of right now, twenty-four are on offense, twenty-four are on defense, and the remaining three are the punter, kicker, and long snapper. Right now we are going to concentrate on the offense.
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In 2015 the total cap hit for the twenty-four players will be $46,517,591. All numbers courtesy of overthecap.com. Of the twenty-four players, only eleven are under contract for next year. Here is a look at those eleven cap hits for 2015 and 2016:
| Player | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|
| Marshawn Lynch | $11,500,000 | $8,500,000 |
| Jimmy Graham | $9,000,000 | $8,000,000 |
| Doug Baldwin | $5,600,000 | $4,650,000 |
| Paul Richardson | $1,285,319 | $1,071,099 |
| Christine Michael | $1,073,683 | $920,300 |
| Justin Britt | $942,800 | $785,666 |
| Tyler Lockett | $763,711 | $631,687 |
| Luke Willson | $719,633 | $629,633 |
| Kevin Norwood | $705,027 | $615,027 |
| Terry Poole | $637,562 | $547,562 |
| Mark Glowinski | $611,423 | $521,423 |
In 2015 these eleven have a total cap hit of $26,872,397, that goes up in 2016 about $6 million to $32,839,158.