The NFL informed clubs today that projections for the 2020 salary cap are in the range of $196.8 million to $201.2 million. This marks a 40% increase from five years ago in the 2015 season ($143.3 million).
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) December 10, 2019
According to NFL reporter Ian Rapoport, the league let the teams know on Tuesday they would be seeing a fairly significant bump in the 2020 salary cap number. Last year’s salary cap was $188.2 million and next year’s will fall somewhere in between $197 million and $201 million.
According to Over the Cap, the Steelers currently have $197,830,414 in total cap liabilities for 2020. Pittsburgh had better be banking on an increase of more than $10 as has happened the last six seasons to make things workable going into free agency.
Pittsburgh always seems to find a way to squeeze all their best players in under the salary cap but there’s no doubt even with a big bump next offseason will be a challenge.
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