How the NFL Salary Cap & Contracts Work | NFL Explained 

I like that they’re explaining everything like this 😁

Thank you. The Saints really needed this video.

Thank you for making this. Some People don’t understand what it means

This was actually really helpful. They should do videos like this with rules and other topics.

Not the video we deserved, but the video we needed -batman

Excellent!! One of the most important topics to understand about football especially for newbies like yours truly. I've come to love the game so much that I always feel a little down when folks are discussing player acquisition strategies as I haven't the faintest idea what they're talking about. This information will allow me to enjoy the game even more and for that I thank you!

one of the best videos yall ever dropped no cap

still didn't say how the saints were 100m down in cap

this was a really informative video, I wish they made more like this

Very well done video, and very informative as well

Wow that was funny and educational, everything should be taught like this.

Very informative to us fans. If I can have a little request, maybe make an extra video on what voidable years are on these nfl contracts! Thank you!

Liked how you present this.. Great work!

You the GOAT for this NFL. Please make more of this type of videos so that us fans can understand more about not just the league in general but also the more in-depth side of the game. 😁

This should be helpful to people who think trading players like Wilson or Ryan is possible.

I love how they threw Derrick Henry's stiff arm in there just because lol. That poor man will see himself getting owned in highlight reels for years to come 🤣

Casuals: Saints are going 0-16 with almost -99 mil in cap Mickey Loomis: HaHa salary cap go brrr

Thank you for this video

We needed this video

NFL Films is the best to be educated about everything about football! I LOVE it!

This was very informative. I’d be interested to see their take on voidable contract years. Jerry Jones always seems to have those up his sleeves so he can spread the Cap Hit of the Signing Bonus out over 7 years on a 5 year contract

It is actually useful, thanks

This video was amazing, I finally have some understanding

That was awesome thank you

A part two that goes even more in-depth would be amazing

Best NFL video y’all have ever posted

I like hearing the voice of the weekly preview/picks in a different type of video.

This is really some quality content to have during free agency. PFF proposés a similar article and it really helps making that period of the season kind of entertaining in its own way

1:40 that was my exact reaction lmao

10:35 the biggest fleece ever in the NFL was Tom constantly giving money back to NE and never gettin anything roster wise to show for it. We always heard about him taking less, but he was never rewarded w/ weapons that other teams would seemingly get. Other than Gronk, he had to make his WRs instead of being blessed w/ already established stud WRs. He got Cooks for a bit and Gordon for pennies. No Diggs, Cooper, Odell, or any #1 WR that were available during the yrs he was giving discounts

This is a lot for me to process.

Now people can stop asking about how the Rams make it work every year

I watch a lot of NFL and this helps me understand more.

I find Patrick Mahomes's contract very interesting. Also, TB is stand up player and this information just reinforces the fact that he truly cares about the team that he plays for, and his teammates. Thank you for posting this, for this video explains the salary cap process within the NFL.

I have never fully understood this stuff. Thanks.

Well that clears it up for me cause I didn’t know all of this

Thank you NFL for this. As a Giants fan I was wondering how did Dave Gettlemen handle the cap so poorly for 2022. Which resulted in Joe Schoen trying to fix this mess. Now with this I have a better understanding on it. So again thanks. 🙂

Tom Brady taking less money so he can create more cap space is one of the reasons why he will remain the GOAT

we need this video to understand the rams in the past 4 years

Thank you NFL, I used to sound so dumb when Id try to make up an argument without knowing. This was really helpful and entertaining

Why was I thinking about this yesterday

The editing was pefect.

Good video

i knew this video was coming when in ever new signing video i saw "voidable years"

10:14 No clue how I remember this but I remember seeing Dak and Jerry go into that meeting to sign the contract while at the Star

Thanks I needed to know this Sports Economics 101

I already know this but yet I still am watching it. After all I want to be a contract manager

I’ve been watching the NFL since I was 8 and I never understood the salary cap and contracts until now

Oh now I know what the salary cap is well thanks for explaining NFL

finnaly someone exlplained me

Glasses up to the video editor... we appreciate you

Shoutout to the editor for the clips!

After watching this and The Ringer's video about the salary cap, it makes more sense but I'm still kind of confused lol.

So Pats can do this In the draft: NE gets: Deshaun Watson 2022 4th 2023 6th HOU gets: 2021 1st and 2nd 2022 1st and 2nd 2023 1st and 3rd Cond. 2025 3rd/2nd/1st (85/94/97% of snaps played) Gilmore Jakobi Meyers Bentley Damien Harris Newton (Sent to Washington after for cond. 2022 3rd)

Yup

Cool video

Got a question How do you keep track of your teams cap space??

Raised more questions than it answered.

If I'm the 2020 Patriots, it's better to go all in for 2021 which is exactly what they did. Pats now have a great OL, TE, WR, DL, DB, S. They are short on RB and QB so one hopes they dip and trade in the draft.

Really most of this people should know and the people who are ignorant wont even bother to watch this

Tremaine Edmunds: “I need it all, I need it all!” Prophetic 😂😢

Top 5 free agent signings in NFL history: 1) Reggie White to Packers 2) Tom Brady to Bucs 3) Drew Brees to Saints 4) Peyton Manning to Broncos 5) Deion Sanders to 49ers and Cowboys

Now I understand 🙂

clear as mud

Know it’s complicated, but I always thought it’d maybe be a good idea to have veteran contracts (guys 10+ yrs or so) to have contracts that impact the cap at 2:1 ratio. Or something like that. Where a 10 million dollar contract is really only 5 million against the cap. Maybe do something similar w/ running backs too since they have such a short shelf life. But that would incentivize teams to roster older players that may otherwise be pushed out to younger and in many ways cheaper contracts. Feel like if they wanted to, the players could negotiate something like this into their CBA. Majority of players aren’t the names we all know about. They’re guys fighting for roster spots that aren’t guaranteed anything. And older thay are being pushed out bc of cheaper alternatives doesn’t necessarily need to be the case I don’t think. Maybe the idea is impossible, just somethin I always wondered about in all salary cap sports

If you play Franchise in Madden this will make alot of sense.

what happen if you go over the cap?

I was hoping to hear more about contract restructures. The Saints were $80 million over the cap starting the 2022 season and were still able to field a pro NFL team for the season.....how? They should have a high school team out there.

You’re “early enough” congrats you found this

As a giants fan I have a love hate relationship with Dave Gettelmen

This...... Is...... Complicated :(

My head hurt after watching this

This vid is really perfect lol

When you realize we don’t have cap *aka* falcons because thomas Dimitroff go crazyyyyyyyyyyyy

I have it all straight now. 😳

Now all those random phrases I've been hearing for years make sense (ish)

Basically, a player's signing bonus is his only guarantee. The big numbers the players get make them look greedy in the fan's eyes. Even though the players will NEVER see ALL of the money put in the media press release. The league and owners are geniuses. If a player makes 1 million dollars a year, most fans figure, "That's a lot of money per year!" That's TOO much for playing a game. The NFL is a BUSINESS FIRST. If you don't produce, you are gone!

Like the part about the video is when I saw them Titans talk

the player sound bytes are golden!

I love this! They need to do this every year lol

Money

SAINTS GO BRRR

ROTFL at 1:53 explaining the salary cap going down when Derrick Henry stiff arms Josh Norman to the ground. Evil!

Perennial Contender = footage of Brady hoisting his 6th Lombardi All-in One year = footage of Brady hoisting his 7th Lombardi lols

Wait so the signing bonus is given in full to the player when they sign, but in the contract it is spread out?

"That was exhausting right there."

Clear as mud.

lot of pancakes, lot of syrup 🤣😂🤣 5:27

What happens if they go over the cap?

Mahomes got a $63M signing bonus and he could see the end of that 10 yr deal its possible

so trading a player is like cutting a player in terms of cap hit? is that why trading russell would be disastrous for seattle evening if they wanted to trade him?

Who else wanted to know?

When it has the player cut the other bad player how did that happen ?

I really thought dak would be kirk cousins part 2 and leave Dallas and thought my packers were grooming aj dillion to be the next feature back and probably lose both Jamal williams and Aaron Jones and if anything keep Jamal cause he's cheaper and have jj watt in green bay but idk anymore lmao

so what i dont get is how for an example the saints are now barely under the cap, but just signed winston to 12 million for 1 year, how did they do that?

All these reconstructing deals force the nfl to do this 😂

I wanna know how the bucs are over the cap but still able to sign players

how does a signing bonus work

The player ad-libs are distracting to the educational content lol

No views but 4 likes makes sense