On Monday, NFL.com’s Anthony Holzman-Escareno took on a project: building the best 53-man NFL roster that would fit under the league’s 2021 salary cap of $182.5 million.
There were some rules to follow. Among them: he could use no more than 24 players who were on rookie contracts — and there were limits on how many he could select from particular rounds. He was allowed to use one player who was on a franchise or transition tag in 2020 — and he could sign one free agent to a veteran salary benefit contract.
He came up with a team — and still had over $12 million in cap space.