Yep…we actually could create a crazy amount of space this off-season without even cutting anyone and stack more guys on top of the current roster if we wanted to.
We have so much money available to us in the form of future year dollars. It’s a never-ending rollover cycle.
The money is there. It’s always there. You have to do it responsibly and also not have crazy bad injury luck and bad coaching, but the accounting ledger almost
always has wiggle room for player acquisition if you’re doing it in an organized fashion, always looking 3+ years ahead.
People are criticizing the team’s current roster and depth this past year while not acknowledging that they intentionally held off on going all out last off-season so that they can get the cap back to a better future mean level they desire.
We can make nearly $100m in cap space this off-season without cutting a single guy. We won’t, because who needs that much cap space, but we could.
Our cap space is in the future, while most teams’ is in the present. This will be explained in interviews with actual ledger data and coaches will see what I have been preaching - it doesn’t matter. What matters is who you acquire and who you draft, and staying healthy.
The “salary cap” is merely a pesky accounting project, not a gigantic hinderance giving some teams huge advantages over others.