The NFL may gift the LA Rams a huge boost to salary cap space

So how much can teams spend in 2024?

For Over the Cap.com, the projected 2024 NFL salary cap was projected to come in at $242 million. For Spotrac.com, the projected 2024 NFL salary cap was projected to come in slightly higher at $242.5 million. So that difference of starting points is only one of several factors that has altered the competing sites projections for the LA Rams in 2024. With a range from $27.7 million to $35.3 million, there are plenty of differences to unpack. But it's about to become even more complicated.

Some projections for the 2024 NFL salary cap are no more than $243 million. But there is speculation among the latest NFL rumors that the 2024 NFL Salary cap could come in as high as $250 million. So now we have to ask ourselves - how much can the Rams spend this year?

The best way to present the different projections is to factor in the various scenarios in a data table, so that is what we will do.

The numbers are still what accountants and finance professionals refer to as 'squishy,' meaning that the numbers are in the right ballpark, but they can shrink or expand with further details. With an increase to $250 million as the base 2024 NFL salary cap, fitting IOL Kevin Dotson into the teams spending budget seems more likely, but only in a scenario where his salary demands to return to not increase as well.

Now that we have some idea what the team can spend, we can revisit several topics that remain unanswered about the team's free agency priorities and which players are most likely to return. We may even have a better idea of how the team will budget funds over positional groups this year.

One more piece to the puzzle has been placed. But the image remains a far distance away from forming.