Cap Space Feb 17th 2025

[NorthHawk]

Here is a list of teams Cap Space as of today from ProFootballRumors.com via OvertheCap.com:


New England Patriots: $119.8MM
Las Vegas Raiders: $92.53MM
Washington Commanders: $75.21MM
Arizona Cardinals: $71.33MM
Los Angeles Chargers: $63.41MM
Chicago Bears: $62.97MM
Minnesota Vikings: $58.01MM
Pittsburgh Steelers: $53.26MM
Cincinnati Bengals: $46.26MM
Detroit Lions: $45.69MM
San Francisco 49ers: $44.26MM
Tennessee Titans: $44.08MM
New York Giants: $43.38MM
Green Bay Packers: $42.14MM
Los Angeles Rams: $38.33MM
Denver Broncos: $34.78MM
Jacksonville Jaguars: $32.27MM
Indianapolis Colts: $28.25MM
Carolina Panthers: $20.33MM
Philadelphia Eagles: $18.08MM
New York Jets: $16.86MM
Baltimore Ravens: $5.96MM
Tampa Bay Buccaneers: $2.24MM
Houston Texans: $99K over the cap
Kansas City Chiefs: $916K over
Dallas Cowboys: $2.85MM over
Miami Dolphins: $5.44MM over
Atlanta Falcons: $11.15MM over
Seattle Seahawks: $13.46MM over
Buffalo Bills: $14.18MM over
Cleveland Browns: $30.17MM over
New Orleans Saints: $54.11MM over

There are a lot of moves yet to do including addressing DK's contract extension, deal with Lockett, and maybe Geno along with an expected couple of cuts so it should be interesting seeing how they approach cleaning up their Cap Space before trying to sign a player or two in FA.

[Aseahawkfan]

Who would you get rid of or restructure?

[NorthHawk]

Who would you get rid of or restructure?

Some options.
Sign DK to an extension, cut Lockett unless he would take a significant reduction, extend Geno again if he would take it, cut or trade Dre'Mont Jones, possibly trade or cut Noah Fant if an extension isn't desired or not wanted by him.
There are some smaller contracts of players that might not have a future in Kubiak's Offense and will likely be let go as well there are some players on Defense who won't be back because they don't fit what MacDonald wants on Defense.

Background info from Spotrac:

DK Cap hit 2025 $31,875,000
Lockett Cap hit 2025 $30,895,000 Dead Cap hit $13,895,000
Geno Cap hit 2025 $44,500,000 Dead Cap hit $13,500,000
Dre'Mont Jones Cap hit 2025 $25,645,418 Dead Cap $14,072,918
Noah Fant Cap hit 2025 $13,500,000 Dead Cap $4,500,000

[Aseahawkfan]

Some options.
Sign DK to an extension, cut Lockett unless he would take a significant reduction, extend Geno again if he would take it, cut or trade Dre'Mont Jones, possibly trade or cut Noah Fant if an extension isn't desired or not wanted by him.
There are some smaller contracts of players that might not have a future in Kubiak's Offense and will likely be let go as well there are some players on Defense who won't be back because they don't fit what MacDonald wants on Defense.

Background info from Spotrac:

DK Cap hit 2025 $31,875,000
Lockett Cap hit 2025 $30,895,000 Dead Cap hit $13,895,000
Geno Cap hit 2025 $44,500,000 Dead Cap hit $13,500,000
Dre'Mont Jones Cap hit 2025 $25,645,418 Dead Cap $14,072,918
Noah Fant Cap hit 2025 $13,500,000 Dead Cap $4,500,000

What about Uchenna? Do you think he can recover and get back on track?

[NorthHawk]

I don’t know what everyone else thinks but I don’t yet know if MacDonald sees Uchenna as a critical piece of his DL.
We’ll find out in the next few months.

[NorthHawk]

From PFT regarding the new Salary Cap:

The NFL sent a memo to teams on Wednesday informing them that the cap for the 2025 season will be somewhere between $277.5 and $281.5 million. The cap was set at $255.4 million for the 2024 season and $224.8 million for the 2023 campaign...

So with the Cap going up at least $22M it should help alleviate the immediate pressure but it will also mean FA's and new contracts will cost more so we can still expect some cuts and extensions.

[4XPIPS]

I don’t know what everyone else thinks but I don’t yet know if MacDonald sees Uchenna as a critical piece of his DL.
We’ll find out in the next few months.

Personally I have never been high on Uchenna. He is a formattable starter, but doesn't blow my socks off. I am fine if they cut him.