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Cap Overview
The Texans sit 13th in current cap room at $27.1M, which sounds manageable, but the roster carries $60.8M in dead money, the sixth-highest burden in the league, which severely limits flexibility to add real talent. The rollover heading into next season is only $4.0M, ranking 24th, and the projected next-year cap position of -$17.7M ranks 29th in the league, meaning Houston will almost certainly need to restructure or release contracts just to get under the cap. The one genuine source of relief is the committed-spending curve: obligations drop sharply from $352.6M in the second season down to $180.2M in the third and $118.5M in the fourth, which means the team gets meaningfully flexible in seasons three and four of a franchise save. In the short term, executing clean cuts like Jake Andrews at $3.7M free with zero dead money and Davis Mills at $6.0M free with only $2.0M dead will be essential steps toward avoiding a cap emergency next offseason.
Top Cap Hits
| Player | Pos | Age | OVR | Cap Hit | Yrs Left | % of Cap | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REDGE · 31 · OVR 92 · 2 yrs | REDGE | 31 | 92 | $16.1M4.9% | 2 | 4.9% | |
| WR · 27 · OVR 90 · 2 yrs | WR | 27 | 90 | $14.9M4.5% | 2 | 4.5% | |
| LEDGE · 24 · OVR 95 · 5 yrs | LEDGE | 24 | 95 | $13.2M4.0% | 5 | 4.0% | |
| QB · 24 · OVR 76 · 2 yrs | QB | 24 | 76 | $11.5M3.5% | 2 | 3.5% | |
| CB · 25 · OVR 92 · 4 yrs | CB | 25 | 92 | $10.8M3.3% | 4 | 3.3% | |
| TE · 30 · OVR 84 · 2 yrs | TE | 30 | 84 | $9.5M2.9% | 2 | 2.9% | |
| MIKE · 29 · OVR 83 · 4 yrs | MIKE | 29 | 83 | $8.8M2.7% | 4 | 2.7% | |
| QB · 27 · OVR 66 · 1 yrs | QB | 27 | 66 | $8.0M2.4% | 1 | 2.4% | |
| K · 32 · OVR 81 · 3 yrs | K | 32 | 81 | $5.8M1.8% | 3 | 1.8% | |
| CB · 27 · OVR 86 · 3 yrs | CB | 27 | 86 | $5.7M1.7% | 3 | 1.7% |
Contract Cliffs
| Player | Pos | Age | OVR | Cap Hit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QB · 27 · OVR 66 | QB | 27 | 66 | $8.0M | |
| LT · 33 · OVR 79 | LT | 33 | 79 | $4.9M | |
| WR · 26 · OVR 79 | WR | 26 | 79 | $4.0M | |
| WILL · 25 · OVR 75 | WILL | 25 | 75 | $3.7M | |
| RG · 27 · OVR 70 | RG | 27 | 70 | $3.7M | |
| WR · 26 · OVR 73 | WR | 26 | 73 | $3.7M | |
| C · 26 · OVR 71 | C | 26 | 71 | $3.7M | |
| LEDGE · 33 · OVR 80 | LEDGE | 33 | 80 | $3.5M | |
| CB · 30 · OVR 68 | CB | 30 | 68 | $3.5M | |
| REDGE · 28 · OVR 69 | REDGE | 28 | 69 | $2.9M | |
| WR · 30 · OVR 73 | WR | 30 | 73 | $2.5M | |
| LG · 29 · OVR 73 | LG | 29 | 73 | $2.4M | |
| SS · 30 · OVR 70 | SS | 30 | 70 | $2.4M | |
| MIKE · 28 · OVR 63 | MIKE | 28 | 63 | $2.3M | |
| DT · 26 · OVR 75 | DT | 26 | 75 | $2.1M | |
| DT · 28 · OVR 65 | DT | 28 | 65 | $1.9M | |
| SAM · 26 · OVR 70 | SAM | 26 | 70 | $1.8M | |
| LEDGE · 26 · OVR 67 | LEDGE | 26 | 67 | $1.3M | |
| TE · 26 · OVR 68 | TE | 26 | 68 | $1.3M | |
| CB · 28 · OVR 72 | CB | 28 | 72 | $1.1M | |
| SS · 26 · OVR 66 | SS | 26 | 66 | $1.1M | |
| CB · 25 · OVR 65 | CB | 25 | 65 | $1.1M | |
| LG · 26 · OVR 67 | LG | 26 | 67 | $1.1M | |
| DT · 32 · OVR 72 | DT | 32 | 72 | $1.1M | |
| WR · 26 · OVR 68 | WR | 26 | 68 | $1.1M | |
| RG · 23 · OVR 72 | RG | 23 | 72 | $1.1M | |
| SAM · 31 · OVR 72 | SAM | 31 | 72 | $1.1M | |
| FB · 26 · OVR 68 | FB | 26 | 68 | $1.1M | |
| REDGE · 27 · OVR 66 | REDGE | 27 | 66 | $1.1M | |
| CB · 25 · OVR 64 | CB | 25 | 64 | $1.0M | |
| LEDGE · 26 · OVR 62 | LEDGE | 26 | 62 | $1.0M | |
| HB · 27 · OVR 71 | HB | 27 | 71 | $1.0M |
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