A huge talking point as Commanders fans watched the 2023 season wind down to an end — and as 2024 progressed — was the fact that Washington led the league in projected available salary cap space. Fans and media alike got giddy with the possibilities.
At the beginning of March, after releasing Charles Leno and Logan Thomas, the Commanders had a league-leading estimated cap space of $91.5m.
In the days following the start of free agency, after agreements with several players had been announced, nearly every article written about Commanders cap space was quoting a figure of about $63m in remaining cap space, with OTC and Spotrac both reporting roughly the same number.