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Salary cap update: Falcons’ top 10 salary cap numbers for 2018

December 18, 2017 Tampa: Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan is smiling while jogging off the field with a 24-21 victory over the Buccaneers in a NFL football game on Monday, December 18, 2017, in Tampa.  Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
December 18, 2017 Tampa: Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan is smiling while jogging off the field with a 24-21 victory over the Buccaneers in a NFL football game on Monday, December 18, 2017, in Tampa. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
March 20, 2018

The Falcons are $5,633,482 million under the league's $177.2 million salary cap. The team's rookie class is projected to cost $5.67 million.

Here are the team’s top 10 salary cap numbers for 2018, according to NFLPA documents:

1. Matt Ryan                    $21.65 million

2. Julio Jones                 $12.9 million

3. Desmond Trufant     $12.9 million

4. Jake Matthews          $12.4 million

5. Alex Mack                    $11 million

6. Robert Alford             $9.6 million

7. Mohammed Sanu    $7.5 million

8. Ryan Schraeder        $6.4 million

9. Andy Levitre               $5.8 million

10. Devonta Freeman               $5.0 million

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Honored by the Pro Football Hall of Fame in recognition of his "long and distinguished reporting in the field of pro football," D. Orlando Ledbetter, Esq. has covered the NFL 28 seasons. A graduate of Howard University, he's a winner of Georgia Sportswriter of the Year and three Associated Press Sports Editor awards.

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