Patriots Earn Major Cap Space From Antonio Brown, Aaron Hernandez Grievances

The New England Patriots have added some much needed breathing room to their salary cap.

On Saturday, it was announced that the Patriots earned money from settlements in the Antonio Brown grievance ($4 million) and the Aaron Hernandez grievance ($2.55 million), according to ESPN’s Mike Reiss.

With @FieldYates, reporting significant salary-cap news for Patriots: Settlements in compensation grievances with Antonio Brown ($4 million to team) and Aaron Hernandez ($2.55 million to team) have created space for the club. The Patriots' current cap space is $7.79 million.

— Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss) July 11, 2020

The team now has $7.79 million in available cap space.

The Patriots did not pay Antonio Brown his $10 million signing bonus after he was released last September after spending 11 days with the team.

Hernandez’s grievance filed by the NFLPA was an attempt by the NFLPA to salvage some of the guaranteed money the deceased former tight end was supposed to receive after signing a five-year contract extension with the team in 2012.