Mike Reiss and Field Yates are reporting that the Patriots have gained $6.55 million of cap space now that settlements in compensation grievances with Antonio Brown and Aaron Hernandez have been settled.
The Patriots specifically receive $4 million for Brown and $2.55 million for Hernandez.
Reiss mentions that the Patriots had owed receiver Brown $9 million, but he will instead receive $5 million as part of this settlement.
Before this, the Patriots had less than $500,000 of available cap space. However, they should now have as much as $7,794,739 to work with for the 2020 season.
The Patriots recently restructured RB Rex Burkhead’s contract, which resulted in close to $1 million of cap room.
New England has already signed their entire 2020 draft class, which means this money can be used for in-season transactions and extensions. Otherwise, they can rollover any remaining cap space to 2021 after the season.
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