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The Buffalo Bills got some good news in terms of their spending limit allowed by the NFL during the upcoming offseason.
The league has announced on Wednesday that this upcoming season’s salary cap has jumped a pretty considerable margin. The final number is not yet set, but according to reports, the 2025 NFL salary cap will fall somewhere between $277.5 and $281.5 million.
That’s an increase from $255.4 million in 2024:
The NFL today informed teams that the 2025 per-team salary cap will fall in the range of $277.5 million to $281.5 million, way up from last year’s $255.4 million. Cap will have increased by more than $53 million over the last two years.
— Dan Graziano (@DanGrazianoESPN) February 19, 2025
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The memo also states: The large Jump is due to the fact that the 2024 Player Cost and Salary Cap amount was reduced by
$10 million per club, due to a $9 million smoothing adjustment and an incremental
$1 million being added to Performance Based Pay
So last year the cap should’ve… https://t.co/SuJniV705x— Dianna Russini (@DMRussini) February 19, 2025
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The cap typically does go up each NFL offseason, but the total is larger than most expected. Over the Cap had projected the salary cap to be $272.5M while Spotrac had it at $275M.
Last week, OTC had the Jets with approximately $20M in salary cap space in their 2025 projections. With the increased space, it will be easier for New York general manager Darren Mougey make the upcoming roster his own.
At some point before the start of free agency in March, the NFL will announce the official salary cap total.
Jets Wire will provide updates throughout the 2025 offseason.