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Was looking at rotoworld and saw this:
Cameron Heyward DL, Pittsburgh Steelers
The Athletic's Ed Bouchette contract-year DE Cameron Heyward could be part of a Steelers free agent exodus next offseason because of 2021's projected lower salary cap.
Heyward is due $9.5 million in the final year of his contract. As Bouchette notes, in normal times, Heyward probably would have already been extended as a means of reducing his 2020 cap number. These are not normal times, though, something GM Kevin Colbert alluded to this week. “The league has set in place a $175 million floor,’’ Colbert said of 2021. “So we know that’s the lowest it can go. Where it goes from there nobody knows because no one can predict their revenues at this point. None of us." Bud Dupree, James Conner, Ali Villanueva, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Matt Feiler, Mike Hilton and Zach Banner are amongst the other Steelers headed into the final year of their deals. Although Bouchette is correct that the cap downturn could create an exodus, it's also true that all 32 teams will be in the same boat. Veteran bargains will be a common theme next spring.
Source: The Athletic
Going be a lot of movement next year due to the lower cap. Another article about effects of a lower cap.
Agent's Take: Consequences of a lower 2021 salary cap, including the three teams who'll be hurt most
Teams with the biggest 2021 salary cap problems
The three teams likely to be affected the most by the lower 2021 salary cap are the Eagles, Falcons, and Saints. Each team has well over $200 million in 2021 salary cap commitments when using offseason cap accounting rules, where only the top 51 cap numbers matter.
Not surprised to see the Eagles mentioned as most affected, they been kicking the can down the road for a while.
Cameron Heyward DL, Pittsburgh Steelers
The Athletic's Ed Bouchette contract-year DE Cameron Heyward could be part of a Steelers free agent exodus next offseason because of 2021's projected lower salary cap.
Heyward is due $9.5 million in the final year of his contract. As Bouchette notes, in normal times, Heyward probably would have already been extended as a means of reducing his 2020 cap number. These are not normal times, though, something GM Kevin Colbert alluded to this week. “The league has set in place a $175 million floor,’’ Colbert said of 2021. “So we know that’s the lowest it can go. Where it goes from there nobody knows because no one can predict their revenues at this point. None of us." Bud Dupree, James Conner, Ali Villanueva, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Matt Feiler, Mike Hilton and Zach Banner are amongst the other Steelers headed into the final year of their deals. Although Bouchette is correct that the cap downturn could create an exodus, it's also true that all 32 teams will be in the same boat. Veteran bargains will be a common theme next spring.
Source: The Athletic
Going be a lot of movement next year due to the lower cap. Another article about effects of a lower cap.
Agent's Take: Consequences of a lower 2021 salary cap, including the three teams who'll be hurt most
Teams with the biggest 2021 salary cap problems
The three teams likely to be affected the most by the lower 2021 salary cap are the Eagles, Falcons, and Saints. Each team has well over $200 million in 2021 salary cap commitments when using offseason cap accounting rules, where only the top 51 cap numbers matter.
Not surprised to see the Eagles mentioned as most affected, they been kicking the can down the road for a while.
