A 53-man roster under the salary cap using actual cap numbers with certain parameters, which are below Jace Sternberger Jersey , was a sembled at the start of the season. The composition of the roster has changed dramatically in this end-of-the-season version because a primary emphasis was put on 2018 performance. is no longer the choice at quarterback. Quite frankly, other quarterbacks have had better seasons. Rodgers isn't in the MVP discu sion, which he usually is when playing a full slate of games. An incorrect a sumption was made that would regain his 2016 form in which he was the 's best dual-threat running back. A foot injury sidelined defensive end , the 2016 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year, until the middle of November. Parameters1. The salary cap for the roster is $188.71 million. The actual NFL salary cap is $177.2 million for this year. The number being used is the league's average adjusted salary cap according to NFLPA data. Each 's working salary cap varies largely because unused cap room can be carried over from one year to the next. For example, the have league's highest adjusted salary cap at slightly over $241.263 million and the have the lowest at just under $176.486 million. This is because of incentives earned during the 2017 season that weren't counting on Baltimore's cap being accounted for without having cap room to carry over from last year to cover the difference. More on the NFL 2. The is an e sential element of roster building for NFL teams, so it is here also. One player from each round of 2018 draft must be on the roster. The number requirement drops by one player for each year of the preceding three drafts (2015-2017). The limit of one player per round remains. Thus, only four 2015 draft picks are required. There's one other draft pick constraint. Only one 2014 first-round pick playing on a fifth-year option is allowed. There isn't a limit on 2014 first rounders who have signed contract extensions.3. The backups at each position are limited to players that aren't clear-cut established starters. This means players at positions where there's a "by-committee" approach, usually running back, qualify. A backfield containing and is prohibited, since both are workhorse or every-down running backs. Those starting only because of an injury are also fair game as reserves. Young veterans, particularly second-year players, solidifying a place in the lineup for the first time this season are no longer allowed to be backups. Players such as running back can't be depth. Rookies can be either starters or backups, regardle s of actual playing time. NFL Green Bay Packers Jersey 4. There's one big allowance being made defensively. Three starting cornerbacks are acceptable without sacrificing a starter in a traditional base defense, since five or more defensive backs are now used over 60 percent of the time in the NFL. The result is twelve defensive starters. 5. Choosing a player that was given a franchise or transition designation in 2018 is optional. However, only one player receiving a 2018 designation can be selected.Here's the revamped team I a sembled with some of my thoughts behind the selections. The 2018 salary-cap number for each player is in parentheses. In cases where a player was elevated from the practice squad or signed off the street during the season, what would have been his full-year cap number is being used.Starters: OffenseQB: , ($3,739,838)A potential franchise quarterback on a rookie contract is the most valuable commodity in the NFL. The roster flexibility Mahomes' cap number provides couldn't be ignored. Mahomes is having the best season for a second-year quarterback since Dan Marino in 1984. Mahomes, the league MVP frontrunner, is on pace to join as the only other quarterbacks to throw for at least 50 touchdowns and 5,000 yards in the same season. RB: Ezekiel Elliott, ($6,812,724)Elliott is on the verge of winning his second rushing title during his three NFL seasons. His 1,434 yards on the ground are 183 more than Todd Gurley, who has the second most in the league and is battling a minor knee injury. Elliott has become more a Lucas Patrick Jersey threat in the Dallas pa sing game with 77 receptions. He also leads the NFL with 2,001 yards from scrimmage (combined rushing and receiving yards).WR: , ($14,006,665)Hopkins is as sure-handed as they come. He hasn't dropped a pa s all season according to Stats, Inc. Hopkins has caught 103 balls for 1,425 yards with 11 touchdowns this season. WR: , ($12,866,666)Nobody has more receiving yards than Jones' 4,392 since the start of the 2016 season. He is leading the NFL with 1,539 yards on 104 receptions. Jones also topped the league in receiving yards in 2015, when he had a career-best 1,871. This is the third time Jones has cracked the 1,500 receiving mark in his eight NFL seasons. He is currently the all-time leader in reception yards per game with 96.3 each outing. WR: , Chiefs ($704,996)Hill is having the finest season in Chiefs history for a wide receiver. He has 82 catches, 1,378 receiving yards and 11 touchdown receptions. All three marks are career highs. Hill needs 14 more yards to break the Chiefs franchise record Derrick Alexander set in 2000. He is a dangerous deep threat but will spend significant time operating out of the slot: 44.2 percent of Hill's snaps have come from there, according to Jon Runyan Jersey Pro Football Focus (PFF). He also leads the NFL with 26 receptions over 20 yards. Hill is also an excellent kick and punt returner but probably won't get much of an opportunity to showcase those skills, which led to him earning first-team All-Pro honors as a rookie in 2016, because of his importance in the pa sing game.TE: , ($4,994,380)A case can be made that Ertz has established himself as the NFL's best tight end during the past two seasons. He has set a single-season receptions record for tight ends in 2018 with 113 grabs. LT: , ($11,168,750)Keeping Rodgers upright in the pocket is of the utmost importance. That's where Bakhtiari, who earned All-Pro honors in 2016 and 2017, comes in handy. He is the league's best blindside protector. LG: , ($3,424,976)The Patriots were wise to sign Mason to a five-year, $45 million extension (worth a maximum of $50 million) in the preseason instead of letting the 2015 fourth-round pick play out his rookie contract. Mason makes the shift from his customary right guard spot to the position he manned as a rookie.C: , Eagles ($7,206,665)The 2017 first-team All-Pro hasn't given up a sack this season. The six-year Kingsley Keke Jersey extension averaging just under $6.3 million per year Kelce signed in 2014 makes him a bargain. The top of the center market is currently in the $10 million-per-year range.RG: , Cowboys ($6,006,665)Martin is widely regarded as the best offensive guard in football. He hasn't done anything to dispel the notion this