Perhaps the biggest benefit of the rumored $8 million increase on the 2024 NFL salary cap is that it will make Matthew Stafford’s contract more palatable to swallow for the Los Angeles Rams. But only slightly.
Stafford, who signed a very reasonable four-year, $160 million contract extension after winning the Super Bowl in 2022, is set to see his base salary increase from $1.5 million to $31 million next season. However, the number that matters even more than his salary is the percentage of the salary cap that a player eats up and leaves for everyone else, which in most cases is the franchise quarterback: Stafford’s $20 million cap hit in 2023 was 8.