Some Salary Cap Stats

The NFLPA released some salary cap numbers yesterday. They released the total cash spending and the cap space carryover totals for all 32 NFL teams.

Total Cash Spending

Rank	Team	Total Spending ($)	Percent of Cap
1	Cowboys	115,657,816	69.26
2	Chiefs	141,989,251	85.02
3	Jets	143,077,302	85.68
4	Colts	143,413,700	85.55
5	Texans	144,037,247	86.25
6	Ravens	149,279,599	89.39
7	Bills	150,558,572	90.15
8	Broncos	152,550,645	91.35
9	Saints	155,934,789	93.37
10	Buccaneers	156,869,554	93.93
11	Rams	159,196,856	95.33
12	Chargers	160,576,022	96.15
13	Bengals	160,805,196	96.29
14	Giants	162,642,177	97.39
15	Titans	164,244,613	98.35
16	Steelers	165,073,198	98.85
17	Cardinals	167,857,009	100.51
18	Seahawks	168,609,106	100.96
19	Patriots	168,966,580	101.18
20	Eagles	170,639,789	102.18
21	Vikings	172,864,565	103.51
22	Raiders	173,285,032	103.76
23	Redskins	173,781,455	104.06
24	Falcons	173,881,620	104.12
25	49ers	174,571,390	104.53
26	Browns	177,107,417	106.05
27	Bears	179,232,211	107.32
28	Dolphins	179,426,565	107.44
29	Jaguars	181,441,120	108.65
30	Packers	183,229,638	109.72
31	Panthers	198,760,706	119.02
32	Lions	204,466,793	122.44

Total Spending: $5,274,027,533             
League-wide Percentage Average: 98.69

The 2018 League year is the second year of the four-year rolling average period for minimum cash spending.

During this period:
Each club must spend a cash minimum of 89% of the salary cap.
The league-wide cash minimum must reach 95% of the salary cap.

Cap Carryover From 2017 Into 2018

Rank	Team	Carryover($)
1	Browns	58,900,000
2	49ers	56,000,000
3	Titans	30,300,000
4	Jaguars	27,700,000
5	Jets	17,300,000
6	Colts	16,800,000
7	Buccaneers	15,100,000
8	Vikings	13,700,000
9	Bills	11,500,000
10	Bengals	10,600,000
11	Broncos	10,200,000
12	Texans	9,900,000
13	Cowboys	7,800,000
14	Raiders	7,600,000
15	Bears	7,600,000
16	Panthers	4,400,000
17	Rams	4,300,000
18	Lions	4,100,000
19	Steelers	4,000,000
20	Packers	3,900,000
21	Ravens	3,200,000
22	Patriots	3,000,000
23	Chargers	2,600,000
24	Chiefs	2,600,000
25	Cardinals	1,600,000
26	Redskins	1,400,000
27	Falcons	1,100,000
28	Seahawks	547,000
29	Eagles	514,000
30	Giants	365,000
31	Saints	287,000
32	Dolphins	64,000

I'm sure that it's easily explained but at a glance it's remarkable that teams like the Browns and 49ers can have giant carryover amounts yet still be spending in excess of the salary cap.

What are the Cowboys doing?