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5 moves to free $80 million – LA Rams path to more salary cap space

The LA Rams have yet to enter the 2020 NFL free agent market, and the team has watched their estimated salary cap wane from approximately $25 million down to the current projection of just under $15 million by the OverTheCap.com experts. How can this happen? Estimating available salary cap space is meticulous work, and involves interpreting player contracts, NFL salary ceiling estimates, and of course, bonuses from the previous season which were deemed unlikely which then become salary cap hits the following year.

Right now, Spotrac.com estimates the Rams 2020 available salary cap at $19,546,684, but the Spotrac folks have not yet factored in four Rams qualifying for Proven Performance Escalators.