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.

NFL Draft weekend in Green Bay has now come to a close. The 32 NFL teams churned through 257 total picks over three days. Not every pick will turn out to be a good one, of course. That will play out on the fields around the NFL in the coming months and seasons.