The Eagles are in a win now approach and the Lions are “Retooling”. Here’s an APY comparison to the teams rosters (including PS). All information is from overthecap.com.
| Lions | Eagles | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | APY | Position | APY | Difference | ||
| QB | 34,812,200 | QB | 3,222,593 | 31,589,607 | ||
| WR | 22,245,586 | WR | 33,397,580 | (11,151,994) | ||
| RB | 7,476,863 | RB | 5,469,173 | 2,007,690 | ||
| FB | 2,050,000 | 2,050,000 | ||||
| TE | 7,868,946 | TE | 17,227,801 | (9,358,855) | ||
| LT | 15,326,500 | LT | 20,062,903 | (4,736,403) | ||
| RT | 6,919,767 | RT | 19,512,550 | (12,592,783) | ||
| LG | 3,693,697 | LG | 9,778,335 | (6,084,638) | ||
| RG | 9,000,000 | 9,000,000 | ||||
| C | 15,732,000 | C | 16,043,456 | (311,456) | ||
| IDL | 14,068,617 | IDL | 34,512,511 | (20,443,894) | ||
| EDGE | 32,807,421 | EDGE | 46,675,254 | (13,867,833) | ||
| LB | 8,410,617 | LB | 8,628,234 | (217,617) | ||
| CB | 15,573,844 | CB | 34,741,148 | (19,167,304) | ||
| S | 12,520,533 | S | 4,468,742 | 8,051,791 | ||
| K | 1,179,314 | K | 4,030,000 | (2,850,686) | ||
| P | 895,000 | P | 841,667 | 53,333 | ||
| LS | 825,000 | LS | 1,096,667 | (271,667) | ||
| 211,405,905 | 259,708,614 | (48,302,709) |
We’re spending a lot more at QB than the Eagles, because we have a vet and Eagles have a 2nd year rookie. Other than that, the Eagles are spending about $80M in APY more than the Lions this year. They’ve used a ton of void years and backloading of contracts to put this roster together. The Eagles should have a better team than the Lions and on paper, they do.
Also when you look at the cap hits as we move forward, the teams cap space are as follows:
| Lions | Eagles | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2,495,465 | 11,968,742 | (9,473,277) | |||
| 2023 | 11,229,946 | 2,933,695 | 8,296,251 | |||
| 2024 | 104,339,315 | 37,444,779 | 66,894,536 | |||
| Void yrs | (3,900,000) | (50,339,269) | 46,439,269 | |||
| 114,164,726 | 2,007,947 | 112,156,779 |
The Lions have a lot more cap space to use to sign players in the future. Plus, the Lions are losing a lot less APY to UFA next year.
| Lions | Eagles | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D.J. Chark | WR | 10,000,000 | Fletcher Cox | IDL | 14,000,000 | |
| Jamaal Williams | RB | 3,000,000 | Javon Hargrave | IDL | 13,000,000 | |
| Mike Hughes | CB | 2,250,000 | James Bradberry | CB | 7,250,000 | |
| Alex Anzalone | LB | 2,250,000 | Isaac Seumalo | LG | 5,850,000 | |
| Evan Brown | C | 2,025,000 | Andre Dillard | LT | 3,092,903 | |
| Chris Board | LB | 2,000,000 | Kyzir White | LB | 3,000,000 | |
| Josh Woods | LB | 1,550,000 | T.J. Edwards | LB | 2,150,000 | |
| DeShon Elliott | S | 1,100,000 | Boston Scott | RB | 1,750,000 | |
| Nate Sudfeld | QB | 1,035,000 | Zach Pascal | WR | 1,500,000 | |
| Justin Jackson | RB | 1,035,000 | Miles Sanders | RB | 1,340,058 | |
| Isaiah Buggs | IDL | 965,000 | Brett Toth | LT | 970,000 | |
| Will Harris | S | 930,974 | Iosua Opeta | LG | 907,500 | |
| Juju Hughes | S | 895,000 | Chauncey Gardner-Johnson, Jr. | S | 826,775 | |
| 2023 UFA’s | 29,035,974 | 55,637,236 | ||||
| Romeo Okwara | EDGE | 12,333,333 | Darius Slay | CB | 16,683,333 | |
| Jeff Okudah | CB | 8,382,132 | Jason Kelce | C | 14,000,000 | |
| Michael Brockers | IDL | 8,000,000 | Brandon Graham | EDGE | 9,250,000 | |
| Charles Harris | EDGE | 6,500,000 | Derek Barnett | EDGE | 7,000,000 | |
| T.J. Hockenson | TE | 4,955,307 | Jalen Hurts | QB | 1,506,294 | |
| Josh Reynolds | WR | 3,000,000 | Rick Lovato | LS | 1,096,667 | |
| Kalif Raymond | WR | 2,500,000 | K’Von Wallace | S | 1,000,278 | |
| D’Andre Swift | RB | 2,134,730 | Josiah Scott | CB | 984,734 | |
| Jason Cabinda | FB | 2,050,000 | Jack Driscoll | RT | 947,350 | |
| Julian Okwara | EDGE | 1,232,835 | Shaun Bradley | LB | 866,605 | |
| Jonah Jackson | LG | 1,187,202 | Quez Watkins | WR | 866,165 | |
| Logan Stenberg | LG | 1,009,161 | ||||
| Quintez Cephus | WR | 899,823 | ||||
| 2024 UFA’s | 54,184,523 | 54,201,426 | ||||
| 2023 & 2024 UFA’s | 83,220,497 | 109,838,662 | ||||
| 2024 Projected Cap Space | 1,908,255 | (163,467,951) |
The 2024 Projected cap space is using current cap hits and adjusting it for re-signing 2023 UFA’s for 2 years and 2024 UFA’s for 2024.