Salary Cap

Denver Broncos

Denver's cap situation is as clean as it gets in the league. With $1632.7M in cap room (10th overall) and just $1.0M in dead money (the lowest of any team), there are almost no phantom dollars dragging the books. Committed spending rises to $322.0M next season before falling back to $270.2M in year two and dropping sharply to $141.5M by year three, which means the team will have significant room to operate as early-cycle contracts expire. The 24 expiring deals this season create natural roster turnover that can be managed selectively, and with $630K in rollover, there is a modest buffer to carry forward. The one note of caution is that next-year projected cap room drops to $1602.0M, ranking 24th in the league, suggesting that some of those expiring contracts will be replaced by more expensive commitments as the young core is extended. Still, the absence of dead money and the commitment curve declining sharply by year three makes this a franchise where the general manager has room to be aggressive.