Creating the ultimate 53-man roster is easy when there aren't any parameters. It's more challenging when operating under a salary cap. Roster construction becomes more complicated with other restrictions designed to help prevent a squad from resembling last season's All-Pro team. The constraints bring more realism to the selection process. The ground rules are as follows.

Parameters

The salary cap for the roster is $293.3 million, although the actual NFL salary cap is $279.2 million for this year. The number being used approximates the average adjusted salary cap, according to NFLPA data. Each NFL team's working salary cap varies largely because unused cap room can be carried over from one year to the next. For example, the San Francisco 49ers have the NFL's highest adjusted sala

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