Arizona
Cardinals Rank Near Top of NFL in Cap Space
ARIZONA — The Arizona Cardinals received nearly $16 million more in salary over the weekend after former left tackle D.J. Humphries’ salary officially came off Arizona’s books.
Humphries – who tore his ACL towards the end of 2023 – was released with a Post June 1 designation, meaning he effectively became a free agent back in March while his cap hit remained with the Cardinals until just now.
For a deeper dive into the financial aspects, you can read here.
$15.95 million was officially added to the Cardinals’ 2024 salary cap space, pushing them near the top of the league.
*all figures via Over The Cap*
1. New England Patriots ($46.4 million)
The Patriots’ top earner is Matt Judon at $14.6 million in 2024 – in terms of cap number. New England has just five players making more than $8 million this season.
2. Washington Commanders ($43.4 million)
Washington’s salary is fairly top heavy this season, as three players have cap numbers of $21 million or higher in Terry McLaurin ($24.1 million), Daron Payne ($21.6 million) and Jonathan Allen ($21.4 million).
Their next highest cap hit is Andrew Wylie at $9.4 million.
3. Detroit Lions ($40.3 million)
Though recently extended, Jared Goff’s $27.2 million cap hit is tops in Detroit with Taylor Decker ($19.1 million) and Frank Ragnow ($12.8 million) right behind.
4. Arizona Cardinals ($35.5 million)
Kyler Murray’s massive $49.1 million cap hit ranks near the top of the league and comfortably takes the No. 1 spot for the Cardinals. Next is Budda Baker at $19 million and Jalen Thompson at $12.4 million.
They’re the only three players that have a cap hit of $10+ million for 2024 now that Humphries’ contract is off their books.
5. Jacksonville Jaguars ($34.1 million)
The Jaguars’ top earner for 2024 is former Cardinals wideout Christian Kirk, who has a cap hit of $24.2 million. Cam Robinson’s $21.9 million closely follows while five others are set to make north of $10 million.
Part of Arizona’s pristine cap space is the investment in youth for the Cardinals under second-year general manager Monti Ossenfort and his two recent draft classes.
The fortitude to move on from big (and expensive) names has also benefited Arizona during their rebuild.
Any time we go to Globe Field, memories immediately go back to the 2023 World Series, when we faced the Texas Rangers in this ballpark. It’s interesting to note that neither team has made it back to the postseason since then. Indeed, at least the D-backs have come close: the Rangers failed to post a winning record in 2024 or 2025, missing out on the playoffs by eight and six games respectively. The two sides have similar records right now as well, with Texas’s 19-21 a mere half a game behind Arizona’s 19-20. However, in the mediocre AL West, that’s good enough for the Rangers to be in second, two games back of… the Athletics? Wait, what?
Yeah, the last time before this year the A’s had sole possession of first was June 19, 2021 – y’know, back when they were in a different city, and weren’t embarrassed to name it. But, then, the AL as a whole is strikingly mediocre, with only three teams above .500: the Yankees, Rays and A’s. It’s because just four teams have winning records in interleague play, and none of those are better than 5-4. Right now, the National League is 25 games above .500 in interleague play, at 315-290. Texas are 7-8, taking two of three from the Cubs, Phillies and Pirates, but losing to the Dodgers and getting swept by the Reds (y’know back when they didn’t suck).
Last time the Diamondbacks were here was in August last season, and we took two out of three. We lost the opening game on a walkoff, 7-6, but rebounded to take the next two contests, by margins of 3-2 and 6-4. Andrew Saalfrank got the save in the final game. How long ago that all seems. We’ll see if Michael Soroka can keep the sterling streak of starts going. He was certainly a hard-luck loser last time, allowing just the one run over 6.1 innings. But that was enough in a 1-0 loss. In his last three start, the D-backs have scored a total of two runs, so hopefully he gets a bit more support tonight.
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