How teams spent their money

[Breed]

According to the link. No team in the NFL spent more of their 2016 cap allotment, 56.16% on the offensive side of the ball. NFL Offense Spending - Cap

Defensively only the Falcons spent less than the Skins, 30.40%, did on the defensive side of the ball. NFL Defense Spending - Cap and that's with signing Norman.

The disparity wasn't as great in 2015 as it was in 2016, but once again the majority or their cap allotment went to the offensive side of the ball.

NFL Offense Spending - Cap

NFL Defense Spending - Cap

This link goes slightly more in-depth to show who made the dollars in 2015.

https://theringer.com/nfl-teams-quarterbacks-spend-money-825f53b9d5d0#.cq4k1po46

That Worked Well, so Let’s Try It Again
Redskins GM Scot McCloughan knows that the offense is ultimately what got them an NFC East division title and a trip to the playoffs last year — the Redskins outscored all but two teams in the league while going 6–2 over the NFL’s final eight weeks — and he’s putting his money on that side of the ball again in 2016.

The Redskins have $91.8 million currently dedicated to offense — second most in the league. Of that figure, $20 million will go to Kirk Cousins on a franchise tag, and the rest is being spent on giving him the best chance for success as possible. Trent Williams ($10.7 million) is his blindside protector, and guard Brandon Scherff counts $4.8 million against the cap. They’ve got the fourth-most expensive receiver corps in the league, featuring two big-money guys in Pierre Garcon ($10.2 million) and DeSean Jackson ($9.3 million), and their tight end group will cost them another $9 million–plus, including Jordan Reed ($3.4 million) and Vernon Davis ($2.4 million). For a second year running, Cousins should have plenty of options in the red zone.

 

[SoCalWizFan]

Based on what I have seen in the playoffs it really doesn't look like hardly any NFC team is putting much effort into defense. The Redskins aren't the only ones with a poor defense. The Falcons are the only ones who appear to being playing halfway decent defense & a lot of that may really have been the result of the Seahawks being so bad on offense (especially their O line that is awful).

 

[Breed]

Hard to argue when between them the Boys and Pack put up 658 passing yards with both Rodgers and Dax going for 300+, 225 yards rushing, 52 first downsx, 5 total punts and 65 points.

Dallas put up decent numbers defensively during the reg season, but it seems clear that monster OL of theirs protected the hell out of them.

Hell, the Packers defense gave up more points than the Skins defense in the reg season.

 

[USCDoom]

Cap Numbers are useless. Look at the Bucs. There two best players on Offense are on rookie contracts. Winston and Evans combined make less than 10 Mil a year. In 2 Years that Number jumps up to over 35 Million a year.

 

[Skin'EmAll]

Again, Scott is saying all the right things but, is it disrespectful to say he lucked up the first year?
And for whatever reason, in his 2nd season...he THOUGHT he could get away with dline rejects and a bizarro marshawn lynch. At what point does he address the defense, Norman being GIVEN to him doesn't count

 

[Stymietee]

Based on what I have seen in the playoffs it really doesn't look like hardly any NFC team is putting much effort into defense. The Redskins aren't the only ones with a poor defense. The Falcons are the only ones who appear to being playing halfway decent defense & a lot of that may really have been the result of the Seahawks being so bad on offense (especially their O line that is awful).

This is what I reference when writing about doing things differently. You are correct the NFC as a whole seems reluctant to spend on defense (NYG excepted). It is a copy cat league, which means that someone sets the pace and others follow. The position that I have and will keep until my final breath is....Why can't we become the pace setters? For those of you who remember the hogs, with the exception of MS and his small quick O-Linemen, that template is still being followed.

 

[Darrell Green Fan]

Given the price tag for a QB why is it a surpise? I'm thinking most teams will have a higher cap hit on offense every year for this reason alone. Well the good ones anyway because as everyone knows good teams have good quarterbacks and good quarterbacks cost a lot of money.