The NFL and NFL Players Association announced that the base salary cap will be $167 million, with the Broncos' figure at $174,243,248 thanks to the carryover of space from last year.
That gives the Broncos a higher salary cap for 2017 than 20 teams, including division foes Kansas City ($172,002,168) and the Los Angeles Chargers ($167,113,693) and AFC rivals like New England ($172,292,335), Houston ($171,935,924) and Pittsburgh ($170,269,367), according to numbers posted by the NFLPA.
According to OvertheCap.com, that cap figure leaves the Broncos with $42,064,799 of cap space for the new league year, which would rank 10th.