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On Wednesday, the NFL notified teams around the league about the salary cap increase expected for the 2025 season.
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
According to ESPN’s Dan Graziano, the cap will rise to somewhere in the range of $277.5 million to $281.5 million — making for an increase of at least $22.1 million from the 2024 season.
Update 9:25 a.m. February 20: The salary cap tracking site Spotrac has been estimating the 2025 cap to be $275 million. So we now estimate the team’s cap space will be between $4.8 and $8.8 million when the new league year begins on March 12.
Naturally, general manager Brett Veach and the Chiefs are expected to make some moves over the next three weeks that would provide additional cap room.
Potential changes include Veach converting some of quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ contract into a signing bonus (via his guarantee mechanisms), the Chiefs extending left guard Joe Thuney past the final year of his contract in 2025 and tight end Travis Kelce retiring or agreeing to a contract adjustment.
Extra cap space helps everybody, and the next 21 days prove to be very interesting as Veach balances the cap while addressing team needs.
Despite having priority free agents — including right guard Trey Smith, linebacker Nick Bolton, safety Justin Reid and defensive lineman Charles Omenihu — Kansas City remains unlikely to use the franchise tag, as we shared on Monday.
