Salary cap could be a bit higher than expected

[Trademark]

It has been widely believed that the unadjusted salary cap will move from $120.6 million in 2012 to (drum roll, please) $121 million in 2013.

Per a league source, there’s a growing belief that it could be even higher.

Instead of $121 million per team it could be (drum roll, please) $121.5 million.

Based on that estimate, it’s currently expected that the 32 teams will have $306 million in cap space.* More will emerge as teams dump existing contracts.

And while the salary cap isn’t growing at a significant rate, a source explains that total player expenses in 2011 exceeded 50 percent of revenues, when factoring in the increases in player benefits.* The percentage of player expenses in relation to total revenue for 2012 isn’t yet known.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...than-expected/

[Carl Pickens]

Even more room for us to spend...

[junglester]

Well, Mike Brown can stop giving away popcorn and spend it on players now.