Organizations that don’t win much, don’t develop many high-end players, and don’t play significantly in the free agency market tend to have a lot of salary cap space available to them. That had been the case for the Cleveland Browns for a number of years, though if they have any intentions of continuing to build a winning team, that will be changing.
Following their decision to place the franchise tag on tight end David Njoku, the Browns only have about $18 million in salary cap space, which is not as much as it may sound, realistically, and will largely be accounted for simply by the predictable future expenses of an NFL season.