Looking through figures from the NFLPA from this past week and considering Okungs deal -- it likely wont be formally calculated by the NFLs management council until Monday -- the Broncos open the week with about $6.6 million worth of salary-cap space under their $154.095 million salary cap when the top 51 cap figures for the coming season are added. By league rules, teams only count the top 51 cap figures until the final roster cutdowns to 53 players just before the regular season begins.
The rub for the Broncos, at the moment, is they have 10 picks in next months draft, so they are expected to need just over $6 million worth of cap room to cover their league-mandated draft pool. Teams cannot make picks in the draft until they have the room to account for their respective draft pools.
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The current figure includes Ryan Cladys $10.1 million salary-cap charge. The Broncos have spent the past few days, since Okung agreed to a deal last Friday, trying to trade Clady. If they cannot trade Clady, the Broncos are expected to release him, which would create $8.9 million worth of salary-cap space.