The total cap space for this season is $167 million. Where does that leave the Los Angeles Rams heading into the next phase of free agency?

OverTheCap.com has the Rams with $15.655M remaining after signing Andrew Whitworth and Robert Woods.

That’s based on the top 51 players and does not include the $2.166M in dead cap space owed to players that are no longer on the roster like Nick Foles and Coty Sensabaugh.

OTC also does not yet have Kayvon Webster, Lance Dunbar or Connor Barwin counted on the roster.

The Rams owe Webster a base salary of $2.75M for a $3.953M cap hit. Dunbar signed for $3M next season. Barwin will make a maximum of $6.50M for Los Angeles.

But the cap hit is not yet announced for either player, so it’s impossible to project the total cap space remaining.

Related Rams have virtually no unused cap dollars for financial flexibility

While the Rams do not have much rollover cap from 2016, they can add $304K to their available space for this season.

As such, they are pressed for their resources with very little remaining cap space for the 2017 season. That means fans shouldn’t expect to return T.J. McDonald, Benny Cunningham, Brian Quick or other free agents from last year.

The #Rams will wait for the second/third wave of FA before signing a vet center. Basically, a stop-gap. Then, draft/develop C of the future. — TurfShowTimes (@TurfShowTimes) March 19, 2017

The team still needs a starting center to replace Tim Barnes, who was a cap casualty. Los Angeles will also need a safety to replace McDonald and another receiver as well.

But don’t necessarily expect a big name to get the job. The Rams will still owe their rookies $5.158M for their eight total picks in the draft.

(Update from one of our readers: The Rams will essentially replace, at the least, salaries 44-51 in top 51. This would result in only an added differential of only $800,000.)

Because the Rams have limited cap space, it’s more likely they look towards first-year players for filling remaining needs rather than through free agency.

As of right now, however, the Rams likely have about an estimated $1.3 million and $1.4 million left in cap space before contract restructures.