{"id":171469,"date":"2025-06-30T22:54:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T22:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/171469\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T22:54:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T22:54:12","slug":"where-patriots-rank-in-salary-cap-space-after-major-offseason-spending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/171469\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Patriots rank in salary cap space after major offseason spending"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A year later, the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-england-patriots\/348\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New England Patriots;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">New England Patriots<\/a> have finally made good on that &#8220;burn some cash&#8221; comment by former head coach Jerod Mayo.<\/p>\n<p>They left no stone unturned in their efforts to put the broken franchise back together in the offseason. The team wasn&#8217;t able to do it in the final years of the Bill Belichick era, and they failed miserably in the one-and-done Mayo trial run. Then Mike Vrabel walked into the building and the team was making it rain cash like a Lil Wayne music video.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The Patriots entered the offseason with more money to spend than any other team in the league. They used it to make defensive tackle Milton Williams the highest-paid player in franchise history, along with doling out hefty deals to cornerback Carlton Davis and edge rusher Harold Landry.<\/p>\n<p>The team also signed Stefon Diggs, Morgan Moses, Robert Spillane and Jack Gibbens. It was a massive haul aimed at raising the floor on the roster talent.<\/p>\n<p>But where do the Patriots stand currently after all of that spending?<\/p>\n<p>Surprisingly, the Patriots are still the No. 1-ranked team in the NFL in salary cap space. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/overthecap.com\/salary-cap-space\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Over The Cap;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Over The Cap<\/a>, they currently have $60.6 million in available salary cap space, with the San Francisco 49ers coming in second with $45.6 million.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Even with all of the additions made to the roster, the Patriots didn&#8217;t break the bank. They have created wiggle room for themselves to extend All-Pro cornerback Christian Gonzalez at some point, while also adding other pieces in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Who knows? The Patriots could make another move for a pass rusher or receiver before the start of the season, if the right player and opportunity comes available. They clearly aren&#8217;t done making moves, and they have the money and motivation to add more talent.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Patriots Wire on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Patriots_Wire?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Twitter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PatriotsWire\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Patriots Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/patriotswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/patriots\/2025\/06\/30\/where-patriots-rank-salary-cap-space-offseason-spending\/84422554007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Where Patriots rank in salary cap space after major offseason spending;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Where Patriots rank in salary cap space after major offseason spending<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A year later, the New England Patriots have finally made good on that &#8220;burn some cash&#8221; comment by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171470,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2050],"tags":[3851,11815,6032,7,287,10286,7894,838,7891,11814,1167,249,2326,2094,6,208,9591,531],"class_list":{"0":"post-171469","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-england-patriots","8":"tag-bill-belichick","9":"tag-carlton-davis","10":"tag-christian-gonzalez","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-harold-landry","13":"tag-jack-gibbens","14":"tag-jerod-mayo","15":"tag-mike-vrabel","16":"tag-milton-williams","17":"tag-morgan-moses","18":"tag-new-england","19":"tag-new-england-patriots","20":"tag-newengland","21":"tag-newenglandpatriots","22":"tag-nfl","23":"tag-patriots","24":"tag-robert-spillane","25":"tag-stefon-diggs"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114774780665690219","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}