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Cincinnati Bengals 2025 cap space ranking ahead of offseason

Where do the Bengals rank vs. the rest of the NFL in free cap space?

The Cincinnati Bengals will have major decisions to make this upcoming offseason, not the least of which includes what to do with wide receiver Tee Higgins. The good news is the Bengals do enter the offseason with a healthy amount of cap space.

According to Over the Cap, the Bengals currently have about $47.6 million in salary cap. That ranks 11th in the league. The New England Patriots lead the way with an incredible $120.5 million cap space. The New Orleans Saints, as they tend to be, sit at the bottom as they are currently about $52.3 million over the cap. Over the Cap is currently projecting the salary cap to be $272.5 million for next season.

This is with quarterback Joe Burrow set to count $46.25 million against the cap. The Bengals could very well restructure his contract to make most of his $25.25 million base salary for 2025 into a signing bonus and free up space that way.

Wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase is due for an extension as well, which would also ease up his current cap number of $21.816 million.

Those are just two ways the Bengals can add to their already solid amount of cap space. With the task of revamping the defense and trying to keep Higgins, the Bengals can use all the cap space they can get as they hope to remain in a championship window after missing the postseason for a second straight season.

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Current salary cap space projections for Panthers (and NFL’s other 31 teams) heading into 2025 offseason

How much salary cap space are the Panthers working with heading into the 2025 offseason? Here are the current projections for all 32 NFL teams . . .

With the 2024 regular season now in the books, the NFL’s 32 teams have done some work on their own books.

Clubs have now officially submitted their salary cap space carryovers, the remaining amount of 2024 cap space that will be transferred over to the 2025 season. And unfortunately for the Carolina Panthers, they’ve declared a total of just $490,368—the second-lowest in the entire league.

So, where does that pittance put them in the grand scheme of things for the new league year?

Here, via Over The Cap, are the current salary cap projections for every team (from highest to lowest) heading into the 2025 offseason:

  1. New England Patriots: $122,067,139
  2.  Las Vegas Raiders: $107,308,173
  3. Washington Commanders: $96,028,698
  4. Arizona Cardinals: $81,576,219
  5. Chicago Bears: $80,486,337
  6. Los Angeles Chargers: $74,428,749
  7. Minnesota Vikings: $71,330,620
  8. Green Bay Packers: $61,381,852
  9. Detroit Lions: $59,127,286
  10. Cincinnati Bengals: $57,138,434
  11. Los Angeles Rams: $56,570,193
  12. San Francisco 49ers: $56,564,041
  13. Pittsburgh Steelers: $54,303,012
  14. Denver Broncos: $53,471,089
  15. New York Giants: $53,435,270
  16. Tennessee Titans: $49,842,691
  17. Jacksonville Jaguars: $35,765,938
  18. Indianapolis Colts: $32,703,628
  19. Carolina Panthers: $29,083,104
  20. New York Jets: $27,854,725
  21. Philadelphia Eagles: $25,662,494
  22. Baltimore Ravens: $23,455,824
  23. Kansas City Chiefs: $19,945,685
  24. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: $19,935,539
  25. Dallas Cowboys: $14,998,777
  26. Houston Texans: $6,909,720
  27. Atlanta Falcons: $4,039,709
  28. Buffalo Bills: $2,012,780
  29. Miami Dolphins: -$2,827,083
  30. Seattle Seahawks: -$16,465,244
  31. Cleveland Browns: -$23,390,523
  32. New Orleans Saints: -$51,390,583

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Every NFL team’s estimated salary cap space in 2023

Here is a look at where each NFL team stands in terms of their salary cap flexibility ahead of the 2023 offseason.

The NFL announced their $224.8 million salary cap number for the 2023 season this week, which is sure to have implications for the Los Angeles Chargers as well as the league’s other 32 teams.

Los Angeles is currently overextended relative to the cap and will need to make some tough decisions in the offseason to get under the salary threshold heading into the new season. Though they don’t necessarily need to part ways with the top talent on their roster, the Chargers’ fiscal mobility relative to player contracts is severely restricted at this juncture.

Check out every team’s projected cap space below to see just how deep the hole general manager Tom Telesco will have to dig out of:

Chargers have 9th-most salary cap space in NFL

Financially, the Los Angeles Chargers are in good shape.

The Chargers have the ninth-most salary cap space in the NFL, according to an estimate from Over The Cap. A $180.5 million cap estimate to calculate the current cap space for each time was used because the NFL has not yet set the official cap number for the 2021 season.

A look at the 10 teams that have the most cap space:

Team Salary Cap Space
1. Jacksonville Jaguars $82,022,150
2. New York Jets $67,948,314
3. New England Patriots $62,211,837
4. Indianapolis Colts $43,635,239
5. Denver Broncos $42,350,603
6. Washington Football Team $38,277,074
7. Cincinnati Bengals $37,665,630
8. Carolina Panthers $29,680,936
9. Los Angeles Chargers $23,801,246
10. Miami Dolphins $22,769,465

Los Angeles has the least amount of dead money at $58,009.

With free agency approaching, L.A. is currently in a great position to make some big moves. General manager Tom Telesco will have to re-sign some of the team’s own, but they can clear up some cap space by releasing or restructuring some players.