When it comes to the NFL, the rich get richer. According to NFL reporter Dan Graziano, all 32 NFL teams were informed by the league that thanks to a huge increase, the 2025 salary cap will be somewhere between $277.5 million and $281.5 million. This is more than a $20 million increase over last season.
For the Pittsburgh Steelers, this means they could have an excess of $60 million in salary cap space at the start of free agency in a month.
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
We wonder just how attractive playing in Pittsburgh is for high-profile free agents even with all this money to spend. The Steelers also have some of their own who are entering the final years of their contracts like EDGE T.J. Watt and wide receiver George Pickens and the increase in cap space could help with those extensions.