Earlier this month, Over the Cap, a website focusing on the NFL’s salary cap, released a list of 100 potential cap casualties for the upcoming offseason. How did they come up with this list of names? Here is their criteria:
- A player must be due at least $4 million in cash next season.
- A negative contract fate, OTC’s historical tracking of how likely players are to be cut based on their year-to-year raises at individual positions.
- Among qualifiers, rank in the top-100 in OTC’s valuation above the median starter.