Tams were informed on Thursday that the 2025 NFL salary cap will be a record $279.2 million per club, a $23.8 million increase from last season.
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(Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images)
Tams were informed on Thursday that the 2025 NFL salary cap will be a record $279.2 million per club, a $23.8 million increase from last season.
The NFL and the players association agreed to the number that the 32 teams must be under when the new league year begins on March 12 at 4 p.m. ET.
It had been previously reported that this year’s cap would be somewhere between $277.5 and $281.5 million.
NFL teams were informed today that the 2025 salary cap will be $279.2 million per club. pic.twitter.com/1jZowiUMOC
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) February 27, 2025
The biggest factors contributing to the cap’s climb are the league’s most recent TV rights deals with its broadcast partners.
The NFL salary cap has risen annually since 2011, except for 2021, when the league prioritized recovery from the pandemic, including loss of live attendance gate and concessions profits.
In 2011, the cap was $120.37 million. It crossed the $200 million barrier in 2022 at $208.2 million and was at $255.4 million last season.
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Taking time off is great, but San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch would prefer not to start vacation mode again in January.
From the Super Bowl to missing the playoffs, San Francisco had more time than usual to plot a strategy for the upcoming offseason after finishing the 2024 season with a 6-11 record. The 49ers last finished with fewer than 10 wins in a season in 2020 (6-10).
“We need to get younger,” Lynch said Wednesday at the NFL Scouting Combine.
In 2020, that meant reloading the defensive line — defensive tackle Javon Kinlaw was the 14th overall pick — and selecting wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk with a second first-round pick. They also drafted wide receiver Jauan Jennings in the seventh round.
As the 49ers angle for a fresh start, wide receiver Deebo Samuel asked for one of his own. Lynch confirmed Wednesday action has been hot and heavy with multiple teams interested in acquiring Samuel, a player All-Pro tight end George Kittle has said cannot be replaced.
“The financial restraints and some conversations we’ve had with Deebo — we’re on good terms with Deebo. He’s asked for a fresh start and I think we’re going to honor that. Don’t like seeing great players — and he is a great player. I think often, one of my favorite draft picks in my time, he makes plays. He makes game-changing plays. Everything’s good. At some point, time happens. It probably makes sense. So we’re at least allowing him to look.”
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