Team Payroll: Where we rank in the league

[Swarly]

http://content.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/salaries/totalpayroll.aspx?year=2009

New York Giants $ 137,638,866

Miami Dolphins $ 126,855,921

Houston Texans $ 122,573,860

New Orleans Saints $ 121,552,424

Chicago Bears $ 120,672,110

New York Jets $ 120,168,770

Pittsburgh Steelers $ 119,604,460

Arizona Cardinals $ 116,701,866

San Diego Chargers $ 115,264,155

Green Bay Packers $ 114,597,569

Carolina Panthers $ 112,738,038

Buffalo Bills $ 111,956,066

Oakland Raiders $ 111,527,250

Baltimore Ravens $ 109,200,157

Tennessee Titans $ 109,025,090

San Francisco 49ers $ 107,746,232

Washington Redskins $ 105,049,071

Jacksonville Jaguars $ 103,558,989

Philadelphia Eagles $ 102,490,815

Denver Broncos $ 102,043,735

Indianapolis Colts $ 101,203,115

Minnesota Vikings $ 99,806,040

New England Patriots $ 97,565,413

Detroit Lions $ 95,963,320

Atlanta Falcons $ 95,492,002

Cincinnati Bengals $ 94,591,308

Cleveland Browns $ 93,932,182

Dallas Cowboys $ 90,650,939

Seattle Seahawks $ 89,075,820

Tampa Bay Bucs $ 84,501,322

Kansas City Chiefs $ 83,187,156

St. Louis Rams $ 62,384,821

EDIT- Thanks Panthers55 for the updated link, these are the 2009 numbers.

[Carolina Mike]

Al Davis knows how to waste money...LOL

[loneswordsman13]

I'd like to see a more in depth breakdown of the numbers. I can't see how the Patriots and Colts keep a grip on their great staff when they ranked 29th and 30th in team payroll.

[panthers55]

This usually only counts either last year's number of only includes those under contract for the upcoming year and as such are highly inaccurate. Just including 3 players next year who are free agents, Peppers, Moore and Davis will add another 25 million to our salaries.

We were 12th at 112 million. Saints were 4th at 121 million

http://content.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/salaries/totalpayroll.aspx?year=2009

[Swarly]

This usually only counts either last year's number of only includes those under contract for the upcoming year and as such are highly inaccurate. Just including 3 players next year who are free agents, Peppers, Moore and Davis will add another 25 million to our salaries.

We were 12th at 112 million. Saints were 4th at 121 million

http://content.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/salaries/totalpayroll.aspx?year=2009

ahh, I see. thanks for the new link, updated my post with it.

[Brooklyn Bully]

It's funny how people rag on Jerry Jones for throwing around money, yet he's at the bottom of the league and in the Playoffs.

[panthers55]

It's funny how people rag on Jerry Jones for throwing around money, yet he's at the bottom of the league and in the Playoffs.

Keep in mind that these are salaries or actual money paid out not cap figures. If for example we sign Peppers longterm and pay him a 30 million signing bonus, his cap number could be 10 or 11 million but his salary for 2010 would be over 30 million which would shoot up our numbers into the top 5. Dallas didn't sign big names in 2009. If he does in 2010, that number could be very different.