Regrettably I'm not super energized to go off on a long technical cap lecture 😂
If someone know any type of accounting method it's pretty easy to learn because it's just another set of cost recognition rules that follow pretty basic rules and simple math (maybe in 5-10% of cases it gets weird). If they don't know accounting I basically have to teach a foreign language first.
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Simple rule is assume any one move is possible in a given year. But if you spend more than 110% of the cap in cash in a year (Over The Cap tracks here https://overthecap.com/cash-spending and I'd use it over Spotrac), then assume it will impact a future year(s) flexibility. 107% of cash:cap ratio or so though is very easy to overspend in perpetuity though (unless there is ever a multi year down trend which has never happened).
So if you wanna go wild with offseason plans just make sure cash is at like 110% of cap and don't worry about how the cap math actually happens. And if someone tells you there isn't space just tell them "the cap is a myth bitch" (expletive optional). Unless your a Saints fan... Then the details might matter. Only a little though, people still overreact to their situation.