No, Tyreek Hill Was Not a Salary Cap Casualty
Over the last few days, I’ve heard multiple NFL media types allude to Tyreek Hill as a salary cap casualty. The implication is that the Miami Dolphins cut him to preserve salary cap space. [...]
Could an NFL Team Build a Super Team or Would the Salary Cap Stop Them?
There’s a segment of NFL fans that refuse to believe that the salary cap can be easily manipulated. They are thoroughly convinced that the NFL salary cap significantly and legitimately [...]
Dead Money Isn’t New Money: The Jets Demonstrate the Impact of Dead Money Cap Hits
Right now it seems like many Jets fans are livid about the Jets’ mismanagement of talent, contracts, and the NFL salary cap. Honestly, the Jets probably deserve much of the ire that comes [...]
The Rise and Fall of Jimmy Johnson’s NFL Draft Trade Chart
Jimmy Johnson is a football legend. He had great success as the head coach at the University of Miami and as the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. But his biggest impact on the game may have been [...]
It’s Not About the Cap, It’s Always Been About the Cash Flow
An NFL scout recently told me that his team was targeting one of two players at the start of free agency in March 2025. In the conversations about those two players, one front office person said [...]
We Actually Don’t Know Squat: Why You Should Ignore Beat Reporters, Rumors, and Coachspeak
Last year, I wrote an article entitled Top Five Mistakes Fantasy Football Owners Make. Therein I listed a few things that fantasy owners do that torpedo their success; like assuming they know [...]
Quarterbacks: Easiest Position to Replace in Fantasy Football
In 2000, I drafted Daunte Culpepper in round 11 of my fantasy draft. My friend Eric literally laughed aloud when I took Culpepper as my first quarterback. Several other guys chuckled in shock [...]
Playing the Fantasy Value Game: Best Players to Target in 2025
Updated September 2, 2025 My mantra in fantasy football, for nearly three decades, has been: Fantasy football is always all about value. My goal is to draft players that I think are very likely [...]
Perfect 12-Team Fantasy Football Draft for 2025
Updated September 2, 2025 At the risk of sounding haughty, I’ve been pretty dang good at fantasy football for a long time. I’ve been asked, “Kenny, what’s your [...]
Impact of Trading a Player with Guaranteed Money: What We Can Learn from the Bryce Huff Disaster
Typically, when an NFL team signs a player to a blockbuster deal that doesn’t work out, you potentially set the franchise back several years. It ends up being a point of embarrassment—just [...]
Carr’s Retirement, His Shady Behavior, the Salary Cap Impact, and the Saints Good Fortunes
Over the last two seasons, the team that I’ve most frequently covered and cited on this site and on the Walterfootball.com podcast, has been the New Orleans Saints. That’s because [...]
Option Bonuses: What Are They? How Do They Work? Who’s Using Them?
Some NFL teams are always looking for ways to manipulate the NFL salary cap. Financial flexibility in a league where things change fast is paramount. One recent tactic has been the deployment of [...]
