How does the NFL Salary Cap work and why does Ndamukong Suh’s ghost make so much money?

The NFL Salary Cap is kind of like 3D printers: We all know it exists and it seems to be in the news a lot, but no one has any idea how it works or what it even means. After the first episode where we rambled on about a particular football strategy, Kinjal and Pat decided to tackle a vital aspect of the NFL’s operations that we pretend to understand. But that’s OK… the NFL salary cap is a confusing subject and there isn’t another source that explains all aspects of the cap in laments terms…. until now!

Trust us on that. We feel like we know a thing or two about the NFL and it took us an embarrassing amount of time to do the necessary research just so that we could fully understand it.

In just under 30 minutes you’ll get a brief history of salary caps and why they’re important, the collective bargaining agreement, NFL revenue sharing, rookie contracts, franchise tags, and dead money. Oh.. and you’ll find out why Ndamukong Suh’s ghost makes so much money.Keep being average.The Co-Host and The Co-Host^the brown one    ^the not brown oneP.S. We’d like to give a shout out to Bill Barnwell and Robert Mays of Grantland.com, whom coined the phrase “Ndamukong Suh’s Ghost,” as the only way to accurately describe the situation in Detroit.