FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- With the start of free agency approaching March 14, it is timely to look closer at the economic/salary-cap side of football to gain a better understanding of the limitations that each team might have.
While salary-cap space can always be created by releasing players or restructuring contracts, there are limits with how far that extends. So let’s explore the Patriots’ standing by using the latest NFL Players Association public salary cap report, as it relates to the rest of the league. This provides a snapshot -- albeit a moving target of sorts -- of the team’s salary-cap health compared to its competitors.