From March until Week 1, the NFL only counts a team's 51 richest contracts against the cap. Here's why, and what changes the moment the season starts.

A void year is a season that exists only in a spreadsheet. Teams add them to park signing-bonus money somewhere the salary cap cannot reach it yet.

Tennessee opens 2026 with $94.8 million in unused cap space; Dallas opens $56.1 million in the hole. The gap comes down to one often-misunderstood rule: carryover.