NFL Trade Rumors
To help pass the time from now until the start of training camp, we’ll be looking at where every team ranks in positional spending. All the offensive positions are in the book, so now we’re turning our attention to the defensive side of the ball and starting with defensive tackles. There’s been a big boom in spending here in recent years as teams continue to prize players who can affect the opposing quarterback.
One note: rather than count dead money toward the positional groups, we will have it ranked separately in a post of its own. For example, Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa‘s $55.4 million dead cap hit won’t count toward Miami’s quarterback spending, but it will be included in their league-leading $179 million dead cap figure.
Here’s how the league’s defensive tackle rooms shake out from most expensive to least expensive:
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