ESPN NFL Insider John Clayton reported in early January that next year's salary cap would be approximately $120.9 million, leaving the Cincinnati Bengals with $55.1 million available in space in 2013.

Close, but not quite.

According to Ian Rapoport with the NFL Network, teams are being told that the 2013 salary cap will be $121.1 million, which would be roughly $55.3 million under the cap for the Cincinnati Bengals, according to Clayton's projections.

Obviously that number isn't 100 percent accurate either due to recent transactions, notably Aaron Maybin, who signed a one-year deal worth $715,000 in late January -- which means he'll be one of the top-51 contracts once the new league year begins and existing contracts expire next month.