When the Detroit Lions traded quarterback Matthew Stafford to the Los Angeles Rams (and acquired quarterback Jared Goff in return), the team accelerated Stafford’s bonus cap hits into 2021 and put themselves in a payroll bind that needs to be solved. Spotrac’s 2021 Lions salary cap table (which includes Goff’s contract) shows $199.4 million on the books due to $179.1 million in actual roster salaries and $20.3 million in dead money. The league-wide salary cap for next season has not yet been set, but the current booked values already exceed the 2020 salary cap ($198.
Notes: Lions will carry over 10th most 2020 cap space in NFL
