The Cleveland Browns are in a unique place with their salary cap in that they are over the cap but could very quickly and easily make sure they have a ton of cap space for this season. GM Andrew Berry seems to be counting on the salary cap to continue to rise significantly and his own ability to structure contracts to save cap space in the future.
This year, Berry could restructure just a couple of contracts and be well under the cap with the ability to spend money. While that does push money down the line on the cap, that money can be timed out in a way that it isn’t a big deal.