It's always interesting to see how teams at the bottom of salary-cap space calculations fared the season before. It's also interesting to examine how their fortunes can potentially change with just a few cuts. Franchise and transition tag season has placed a few clubs in interesting positions with free agency approaching, but as many contract advisors in the NFL like to say, the salary cap is the biggest excuse teams have. Cap magic is almost always po sible, and even teams deep in the red should be out in no time. We also have unveiled our during free agency, citing the latest available league records and the salary-cap analysis site . Here are the bottom five teams:1. Cap Space:$-6,144,410Outlook: This number looks scary but will be flattened out Julius Erving Jersey after the team readjusts. Placing the franchise tag on at $19,953,000 for one year while momentarily carrying on a $16.15 million hit makes things look far worse than they are. The truth is that Washington is in good shape, even if they decide to keep and at their current salaries.2. Cap Space:$-3,511,239Outlook: had a good season last year but for a non-edge rusher or skill position player, the $28.6 million cap number is absolutely ridiculous. We're a suming that new coach Adam Gase brought in a defensive coordinator that knows how to build a unit around Suh's strengths, but the rich deal raised questions from the very beginning. The still have some more work to do after placing the transition tag ($12.734 million) on , unle s a repeat of the incident happens again and frees them from the salary altogether.3. Cap Space:$-1,812,589Outlook: Like the , the are in better shape than they look. The team is carrying at $21.5 million and on the franchise tag number at $14.1 million. They can save more than $19 million if and when Manning is removed from the ledger. After that, the need to figure out what is happening next with and key free agents like .4. Cap Space:$6,700,365Outlook: A $15.7 million hit from tagging places the under $10 million for the moment. The team still has to make a move with and decide if they want to part ways with easy cap casualties like . has a big number in 2016, which won't help matters but the team saved money with the release of .5. Cap Space:$9,748,214Outlook: The got into a safe space with a few cuts, but franchising -- a ma sive expense -- brought them back down to reality. will be the next expensive domino to fall. The move puts a lot of pre sure on general manager Doug Whaley, who now understands what it's like to manage a Rex Ryan team. Star power dominates, as does a win-now attitude. Cap space, however, is usually at a premium. Remember the cap space hell John Idzik walked into after the let go of Mike Tannenbaum? Nerlens Noel Jersey