Amount of dead money inversely correlates with team success

[brainless wuss]

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/25338491/agents-take-which-teams-have-wasted-the-most-2015-cap-room

By my limited search, the Panthers have the 17th most dead money 

http://overthecap.com/salary-cap-space/

I'm not sure that the reverse applies, i.e. the least dead money teams are the most successful.

Using the above data that would be:  Bengals, Broncos, Vikings, Cleveland and Jaguars.  Perhaps that's when injury/coaching/talent assessment makes the most difference.  Also probably need a larger statistical sample.  In any case interesting.

[Khyber53]

Too much dead money on a roster is obviously a bad thing, as it is wasted money. I guess you could conversely say that a team that doesn't have much dead money is also in bad straights as they are either underpaying players, or holding onto too many players that aren't worth the money anymore. The happy median might be a very important place to be.

 

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/25338491/agents-take-which-teams-have-wasted-the-most-2015-cap-room

By my limited search, the Panthers have the 17th most dead money 

http://overthecap.com/salary-cap-space/

I'm not sure that the reverse applies, i.e. the least dead money teams are the most successful.

Using the above data that would be:  Bengals, Broncos, Vikings, Cleveland and Jaguars.  Perhaps that's when injury/coaching/talent assessment makes the most difference.  Also probably need a larger statistical sample.  In any case interesting.

[brainless wuss]

Agreed