With the changes in CBA that happened a number of years ago, which made rolling your cap space forward as credits to future years easy, this is the most sensible method of structuring your cap. It puts a premium on the optionality that comes with present day cap space.

When it comes to spending for the 2022 season, no team in the NFL is striking a better balance between offense and defense right now than the Miami Dolphins.

The difference between what the Dolphins are spending on offense and defense is less than $4 million, according to overthecap.com, the smallest figure in the NFL. The Dolphins will be spending, as of Wednesday morning, a little more than $105 million on defensive players and a little more than $101 million on offensive players.

The exact difference for the Dolphins was $3.792 million, with the New York Jets ($4.52 million) and Philadelphia Eagles ($4.96 million) next with the smallest differential between offense and defense.

The Dolphins player carrying the biggest cap number in 2022 is DE Emmanuel Ogbah, who's got an $11.35 million figure from his new contract signed this offseason. He's followed by TE Mike Gesicki, CB Xavien Howard, LB Jerome Baker and QB Tua Tagovailoa.