1.   As Jones properly explained, NFL contract and salary cap constraints prevent a mass lopping off of heads.

2.   Salary cap constraints would complicate any mass fire sale.

3.   The Giants cut linebacker Jessie Armstead and safety Sam Garnes after last season because of salary cap constraints, but their most prominent holes are in their offense.

4.   Those two departures, along with most of the others, were for reasons of salary cap constraints, meaning their replacements are almost exclusively young and cheap.

5.   Because of salary cap constraints, the Hornets cannot match the offer.

6.   The Hornets are not able to match the offer because of salary cap constraints.

7.   The Rockets want Olajuwon back if they can work out a contract under their salary cap constraints.