Rams enter 2024 without much dead money on the salary cap

One factor that works in the Los Angeles Rams’ favor is their lack of dead cap money. Dead cap money, the money a team has to pay for players who are no longer on the roster, is one area where teams can damage their cap health or simply waste money.

The Denver Broncos currently have the most dead cap money in the NFL after the failed Russell Wilson experiment. Wilson currently costs the team $53 in dead cap money in 2024, which is about 78% of the team’s total $67.6 million in dead cap money they owe next year.

The Rams have the least dead cap money in the entire NFL. The team owes just $4.1 million in dead cap money in 2024, and no other NFL team owes less. The Rams are one of only five teams that owe less than $10 million in dead cap money for next year, according to Over the Cap, along with the Kansas City Chiefs, Atlanta Falcons, Cincinnati Bengals and Indianapolis Colts.

Los Angeles has recovered from the situation by currently having only two players on their roster making more than $20 million per year – Cooper Kupp and Matthew Stafford. The rest of their roster is mostly made up of players on short-term or rookie contracts.

A few years ago, the Rams relied heavily on transfers and free agents to sign the players who led them to the Super Bowl ring in 2021, but they have since come to terms with that and rely on the draft.

While the Rams are in a great position in terms of dead cap money, they still don’t have a lot of actual cap space. The Rams currently rank in the bottom 10 with $8.6 million in available cap space, but according to Over the Cap, that amount is projected to rise to $34 million in 2025.

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