ESPN.com · Oct 15, 2015
Dead money is considerable but not Chiefs' biggest problem
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- CBSSports.com has a nice look at how dead money is dragging down several NFL teams, including the Kansas City Chiefs. The Chiefs are seventh in the league in dead money at about $20.5 million, or 14 percent of their allotted salary-cap space.
Dead money is the term used for salary-cap charges for players no longer with the team. For example, Dwayne Bowe costs the Chiefs about $8.9 million against their cap even though he’s playing for the Cleveland Browns and Brandon Flowers takes up $4 million despite playing for the San Diego Chargers.
Dead money consists of bonus money once given to these players and not charged to the salary cap in previous year.
