One of the most important off-season’s in Eagles franchise history is complete and with Carson Wentz’s dead money off the books, the Birds are looking at much greener pastures from a salary cap standpoint moving forward.
After the salary cap decreased from $198.2 million in 2020 to $182.5 million in 2021 due to the COVID-19 impact, the cap rose to $208.2 million in 2022.
There are still a few issues, with a total of 14 current or former Eagles accounting for almost $53 million in dead cap space.
Fletcher Cox — $9,641,408
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Philadelphia got out from underneath Cox’s huge 2022 cap number with the release, but there’s still significant cap space being sucked up by his dead money hit
Malik Jackson $9,033,000
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Jackson’s dead money hit was spread out over two seasons.
Derek Barnett $7,248,800
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Barnett returned to the Eagles as a free agent, but will still have dead money hit.
Brandon Brooks $5,939,235
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Philadelphia restructured Brooks’ contract, reducing his salary cap hit in 2022, as both sides prepare to move on. The Eagles will save $12 million with the move and Brooks’ non-guaranteed base salary of just over $1 million after June 1.
In the restructure, the Eagles reduced Brooks’ base salary from $13.4 million in 2022 to $1.12 million.
Brooks, 32, filed his retirement paperwork after June 1, and he’ll count $9 million in dead cap space for 2022 and 2023.
Alshon Jeffery $5,435,706
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Jeffery restructured his contract in January 2021, making his base salary $2 million, while reducing his cap number to $7 million, along with the dead money, as well – a…
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