Before I say this I'm not defending the practice, but the cap went down 15.7 but they didn't get the increase they were expecting. the cap increased at least 10 million for 5 consecutive seasons. So if you projected your cap jumping from 198.2 to somewhere around 209-210 million to dropping to 182.5 million. The decrease is more like 25-26 million. That's a drastic change once you are already maxed out and already spent the money. They had to touch more contracts they in 2021 than they most likely wanted to which pushed more dead cap and they had to keep adjusting those salaries. That is one of the main reasons I didn't want Carr at that contract. They could of signed a cheap vet at a low salary and the cap would have been in better shape but they most likely would of spent it elsewhere.