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Debunking 3 myths about the NFL’s salary cap, part II

Welcome to part two of this exciting, numbers-filled, hopefully-helpful series. Last week, I wrote about how more cap room isn’t always necessarily better. If you missed it, I'd encourage you to check that out. Do note that throughout this series you will probably see some overlapping concepts – that is just how the salary cap is.

Last March, Bryce Johnston wrote a phenomenal series on Over the Cap discussing a new concept called the "Cap Commitment Index". It was fairly groundbreaking, conceptually. In this series, Bryce discusses concepts like cap debt, cap commitments, and cap flexibility.