Recently, much has made of the more than $21M in dead money that is currently counting against the Ravens’ Salary Cap. That amount represents over 15% of the league-wide Salary Cap of $143.28M. While the league average for dead money is around $14M, the Ravens have the 5th largest amount of dead money counting against their Cap and are one of only 7 teams that are currently carrying more than $20M in dead money.
Two common beliefs seem to come from these discussions:
- That when 2016 arrives and the $21M+ is gone from the Ravens’ Cap, then the Ravens will have $21M+ in additional Cap space to work with.