NFL officially sets salary cap for 2025 season

The NFL has officially set its salary cap for the 2025 season. On Thursday, NFL teams were informed the salary cap is going to $279.2 million. It’s an increase of $23.8 million from last year.

Last week, the NFL sent a memo to all 32 teams that the salary cap was going to be in the range of $277.5 – $281.5. The memo also revealed why the salary cap hasn’t been set yet.

“As you know, 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,” the memo read. “The parties agreed that the NFLPA would have the unilateral right to recover up to 50% of the $9 million deferral in the 2025 League year, with any remaining amount being recovered in the 2026 League Year.

“We presented a range of options to the NFL Players Association in December; however, we still have not been advised on how the Union plans to reinstate the deferral for the 2025 League Year. We expect to conclude negotiations over the 2025 Player Cost and Salary Cap amount next week but can provide a projected Salary Cap range of $277.5-$281.5 million per Club that can be used in your planning leading to the Combine. Keep in mind that this range is subject to change based on further negotiations with the NFL Players Association.”

We’ll have more on this story shortly.

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