The Washington Commanders already had a good amount of financial freedom in 2025 and didn’t have a lot of changes to make, and now the NFL is expected to increase the salary cap by more than $22 million.
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.
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This increase gives the Commanders that much more capital to work with this offseason, giving them even more opportunity to go after those highly sought-after free agents with confidence. With this increase, the Commanders will have more than $82 million in cap space to work with in 2025, according to Over the Cap.
The NFL is waiting on the NFL Players Association to determine what it wants to do with its 2025 deferral, which is why we don’t have a solid number for the increase. Once the NFL gets that information from the NFLPA, we’ll learn what the actual number is.
The Commanders are sitting in really good shape to get what they need this offseason, and if Adam Peters and Dan Quinn can work more magic, there’s no reason to think this team won’t make the Super Bowl in 2025.