Falcons are $5 million under the cap
FLOWERY BRANCH – The Falcons have $5,020,893 million left under the salary cap, according to the NFLPA salary cap report.
That’s about enough left for the five-member rookie class.
The Falcons had a carryover of $3.9 million and have a cap number of $153.78 million, according to the NFLPA report.
The Falcons will carry $18.8 million is dead money under the cap in 2016. That’s money that was spent on former players who are no longer with the team like Sam Baker ($6.4 million), Jon Asamoah ($3.9 million), Roddy White ($3.7 million) and William Moore ($3.3 million).
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