NFL free agency will not be fun for the Eagles

As the high from the Super Bowl starts to fade, a harsh reality is about to set in: the Eagles have several key free agents, and they can’t afford to keep them all. They can’t afford to keep most of them.

The Eagles have just under $14M in effective cap space, currently the 21st lowest (and they’re 27th in 2026 cap space and 32nd in 2027 cap space). The Eagles have basically no avenue create more cap room.

Because they have structured contracts to be extremely bonus heavy, every player not on their rookie contract makes the minimum in salary. This means that they can not convert anyone’s 2025 salary into a bonus to create immediate cap space because no one makes enough in salary to…