The Cincinnati Bengals continue to have one of the biggest piles of cap space to use of any team in the NFL.
This, even after the news the team will use the franchise tag on wideout Tee Higgins, a $21.8 million lump sum against the cap.
It certainly doesn’t hurt that the Bengals, alongside the rest of the NFL, saw the league reveal a massive hike to the 2024 salary cap. The bar is now $255.4 million and the Bengals also had $10.7 million in rollover money to apply, too.
As such, the Bengals remain in the top 10 for total cap space before the scouting combine.
Using the numbers at Over the Cap, here’s a look at the entire league’s free cap space rankings.
Kareem Elgazzar-USA TODAY Sports
Cap space: -$43,815,909
Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports
Cap space: -$42,109,497
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Cap space: -$27,919,894
Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports
Cap space: -$25,607,797
Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports
Cap space: -$16,811,078
Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Cap space: -$9,933,127
Syndication: The Enquirer
Cap space: -$7,458,897
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Cap space: -$5,066,251
Syndication: Journal Sentinel
Cap space: $2,340,288
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Cap space: $9,005,846
Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports
Cap space: $12,756,122
Kareem Elgazzar-USA TODAY Sports
Cap space: $12,969,647
Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports
Cap space: $16,631,328
Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports
Cap space: $18,194,240
Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports
Cap space: $24,683,167
Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports
Cap space: $27,354,811
Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports
Cap space: $30,801,691
Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports
Cap space: $33,004,013
Rich Barnes-USA TODAY Sports
Cap space: $34,572,274
Syndication: The Enquirer
Cap space: $35,807,132
Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports
Cap space: $42,936,109
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