In order to save money, the Denver Broncos parted ways with punter, Sam Martin, during the preseason and choose to go with Corliss Waitman. Prior to this season, Waitman had seven NFL punts, but he outperformed Martin in training camp and won the job. Sam Martin had the fifth highest cap number among punters in 2021 and would have been high on the list in 2022.
Martin signed a 3 year contract with the Broncos before the 2020 season that could have been worth 7.1 million if he had played out the full contract. Had he played for the Broncos he would have had a cap number of 2.