-$19,501,346
That’s the top-51 salary cap number for the 2020 Jacksonville Jaguars on Spotrac.
To put it in perspective, that’s the third-least amount of cap room in the NFL aside from the Atlanta Falcons and Minnesota Vikings.
While this figure could give Jaguars fans initial sticker shock and elicit a déjà vu harangue against Tom Coughlin (who was the last person responsible for putting the Jacksonville Jaguars in salary cap hell), it’s really not as dire of a situation when you look into the details.
With that being said, the Jaguars are going to have to be aggressive in trimming some of the roster fat after this football season, and for the most part, the team is fortunate to have John Idzik structure a lot of deals in their favor with escape hatches that will yield little dead money in the event of a release or trade.