The Arizona Cardinals have plenty of money to play with moving forward.
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.$15.95 million was officially added to the Cardinals' 2024 salary cap space, pushing them near the top of the league.The Patriots' top earner is Matt Judon at $14.6 million in 2024 - in terms of cap number.
They're the only three players that have a cap hit of $10+ million for 2024 now that Humphries' contract is off their books.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.Donnie Druin is the Publisher for All Cardinals and Inside The Suns. Donnie moved to Arizona in 2012 and has been with Fan Nation since 2018. In college he won "Best Sports Column" in the state of Arizona for his section and has previously provided coverage for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Arizona State Sun Devils.
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