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NFL teams spending the most "dead money" (Original Post) True Dough Jul 2017 OP
The nimrod, Colin Kaepernick, saved the 49ers a ton of cap space by opting out of his contract Brother Buzz Jul 2017 #1

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1. The nimrod, Colin Kaepernick, saved the 49ers a ton of cap space by opting out of his contract
Fri Jul 7, 2017, 01:19 AM
Jul 2017

Had he stayed, the Forty-Niners would have owed him $14.5 million in guaranteed money and a full $19.37 million including bonuses.

But it's not really an issue because the 49ers have $80,896,264 in cap space, the second highest in the NFL, behind the Cleveland Browns' $97,391,921 in cap space.

So there's that.

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