During the NFL offseason, only the top 51 contracts on a team's payroll count against the salary cap. Therefore, a player who is signed to a deal worth less than 51 other contract won't count against his team's cap—and a deal replacing a top-51 contracts will only add the difference to the salary total.

Very few teams made particularly bold moves in a draft that will be remembered first for two Colorado players: Travis Hunter and Shedeur Sanders.