5 steps to free up $80 Million in LA Rams 2021 NFL salary cap

Ready … aim…

Of course,  the greatest savings to be found in NFL contracts are those with the highest amounts of compensation. So the first order of business is to focus upon where this team can successfully free up some cold hard currency.  And the biggest savings logically will be found with the biggest payouts.

But before we begin, let’s not fool ourselves. Saving money on any NFL salary cap does not come easy.  In fact, it’s likely to involve some difficult and painful decisions. And to carve over $80 million out of the team’s current estimated 2021 salary cap expense of some $225 million, the cuts will be noticeable.

So where do we start? To base our ‘Five-Step plan’ on meaningful data, we turned to the experts at Over The Cap.com.  For the Matthew Stafford contract details, we relied upon the experts at Spotrac.com. Now, where were we?  Ah yes, where to start. Well, typically you start at the top. In this case, that’s the new guy on the roster, QB Matthew Stafford