The Carolina Panthers are the final team in the NFL to become cap compliant for the 2026 regular season following a restructure of OT TerShawn Wharton’s contract. The Panthers converted $12.235 million in salary to a bonus to reduce his cap number by $9.788 million for 2026. His 2027 salary cap number now increases by $2.447 million. The team added three void years to the contract and there is now $7.341 million in dead money attributed to those three seasons. Carolina currently has around $5 million in cap room.