COMMENTARY
The Patriots got an unexpected bit of good news last week, receiving a salary cap credit of $6.55 million as a result of settling outstanding compensation grievances with ex-Patriot Antonio Brown and the estate of the late Aaron Hernandez.
For the cash-strapped Patriots, such an announcement was a fortuitous occasion, considering the salary cap gymnastics they would have had to perform to create some more wiggle room underneath the cap for the 2020 season. Now, according to Patriots cap expert Miguel Benzan, the team has $7,794,739 in cap space to work with.