Washington Football Team Salary Cap Status 2021

Information courtesy of OverTheCap.com except where otherwise noted.
Last Updated January 17, 2021

Cap Liabilities (Including Dead Money): $154.9M
Expected Team Cap: $198.4M
Estimated Current Team Cap Space: $43.5M

Expected Changes to Roster As Currently Constructed:
Alex Smith Release or Retirement: $14.7M
Estimated Team Cap Space Following Expected Changes: $58.2M

Cap Space Required to Retain Certain Free Agents (My Estimates):
Resign G Brandon Scherff: ($10M)
Resign CB Ronald Darby: ($7M)
Resign K Dustin Hopkins: ($3M)
Resign LS Nick Sundberg: ($1M)
2nd Round Tender QB Taylor Heinicke: ($3.4M)
Exclusive Rights Free Agent Tender QB Kyle Allen: ($850K)
Impact of Bumping 6 out of the Top 51: $3.6M
Expected Team Cap Space Following Retention of Free Agents: $36.6M

Assumed Free Agents Departing:
DE Ryan Kerrigan
LB Thomas Davis (Retirement)
LB Kevin Pierre-Louis
LB Reuben Foster
RT David Sharpe
DE Ryan Anderson
RB Lamar Miller
LB Mychal Kendricks
CB Fabian Moreau
LB Jared Norris
WR Robert Foster
WR Cam Sims
TE Jeremy Sprinkle
LB Shaun Dion Hamilton (Waived)
CB Danny Johnson

Nice thanks man, isn't the cap down league wide this yr?

Nice thanks man, isn't the cap down league wide this yr?

175M floor, anticipated to be 195M, maybe higher. (https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2021-nfl-salary-cap-cowboys-looming-talks-with-dak-prescott-could-be-helped-by-rumored-cap-boost/#:~:text=What%27s%20known%20already%20is%20that,ap proximately%20%24210%20million%20or%20more.)

I'd be mildly surprised if they let Cam Sims go. Heinicke 3.4M is palatable but I didn't realise it would cost that much.

Cams Sims and DannyJohnson should be brought back.

175M floor, anticipated to be 195M, maybe higher. (https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2021-nfl-salary-cap-cowboys-looming-talks-with-dak-prescott-could-be-helped-by-rumored-cap-boost/#:~:text=What%27s%20known%20already%20is%20that,ap proximately%20%24210%20million%20or%20more.)

I'd be mildly surprised if they let Cam Sims go. Heinicke 3.4M is palatable but I didn't realise it would cost that much.

That kind of talent doesn’t come cheap. 😉

Peter King said the Football Team should be a front runner in the Watson race because they have the cap to do it

Peter King said the Football Team should be a front runner in the Watson race because they have the cap to do it

Exactly!

Cap yes, draft capitol maybe not. On the face of it, I'm not sure about helping the Texans do a full rebuild at the expense of our ongoing roster build.

We seem to be letting a lot of LBs go if this estimate proves accurate, if as large numbers want we trade for Watson and sign Robinson we will have no Draft picks or salary cap left to replace them. Bostic will be starting again.

Personally I don't think we are as close to being competitive as some on here so I am not sure Watson will make the difference.

Exactly!

No Redskins fan should trust Peter King. He’s the guy who kept Monk out of the HOF for a decade and is the main reason Jacoby isn’t in. He can jump off the Brooklyn Bridge for all I care.