{"id":719375,"date":"2026-01-31T15:52:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T15:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/719375\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T15:52:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T15:52:18","slug":"how-much-cap-space-do-jets-have-to-work-with-in-2026-offseason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/719375\/","title":{"rendered":"How much cap space do Jets have to work with in 2026 offseason?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In four months, the <a href=\"https:\/\/jetsxfactor.com\/info\/roster\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Jets\u2019 roster<\/a> will look vastly different from the one that closed the 2025 season. They have plenty of holes to fill and plenty of cap space to fill them.<\/p>\n<p>After the latest news surrounding the NFL\u2019s cap, the Jets will find themselves with even more cap space than expected.<\/p>\n<p>The NFL projected a salary cap increase of $301.2 million to $305.7 million per team for 2026, according to NFL Network\u2019s Tom Pelissero.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The NFL informed clubs today it is projecting a 2026 salary cap in the range of $301.2 million to $305.7 million per club, per source.<\/p>\n<p>That would represent another significant jump from this year\u2019s $279.2 million cap number, and nearly $100M than the $208.2M cap in 2022. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3Mr146H01C\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/3Mr146H01C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomPelissero\/status\/2017325334840930672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">January 30, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>That would be an increase of at least $22 million from 2025\u2019s $279.2 million.<\/p>\n<p>For an organization like the Jets, this is major news. With one of the thinnest rosters in football, they will benefit greatly from the extra spending power.<\/p>\n<p>But just how much cap space will the team have in 2026?<\/p>\n<p>Jets\u2019 2026 cap situation<\/p>\n<p>A projection from one source may differ from that of another. For example, per Over The Cap, the Jets are projected to have $74.3 million in cap space as of Jan. 31, which ranks fifth-highest in the NFL. According to Spotrac, though, they are projected to have $82.7 million, which places fourth.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, the Jets are set to rank top-five among NFL teams in cap room entering the 2026 offseason. It gives them plenty of flexibility to improve the roster from top to bottom.<\/p>\n<p>There will also be ways for the Jets to increase their cap space. A <a href=\"https:\/\/jetsxfactor.com\/2025\/12\/23\/jets-harrison-phillips-sneaky-situation\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">future release of defensive tackle Harrison Phillips<\/a> could add $7.5 million in space. New York can also clear $10 million in space by releasing Justin Fields with a post-June 1 designation (although this would push $9 million in dead money to 2027).<\/p>\n<p>If the Jets make both moves, they would be comfortably over $90 million in cap space, regardless of which projection you trust.<\/p>\n<p>For a team that needs help at quarterback, wide receiver, defensive tackle, edge rushers, linebacker, cornerback, safety, and even running back, the Jets need as many resources as they can get.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why the league\u2019s updated cap projection might be better news for the Jets than any other team.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In four months, the New York Jets\u2019 roster will look vastly different from the one that closed the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":719376,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2051],"tags":[7,3228,18453,226,493,1917,255,2321,2097,6,3229,3231,3916,30016,3234],"class_list":{"0":"post-719375","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-jets","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-free-content","10":"tag-harrison-phillips","11":"tag-jets","12":"tag-justin-fields","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-jets","15":"tag-newyork","16":"tag-newyorkjets","17":"tag-nfl","18":"tag-ny-jets-free-agency","19":"tag-ny-jets-news","20":"tag-ny-jets-players","21":"tag-ny-jets-salaries","22":"tag-standard"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115990518188615111","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719375","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=719375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/719376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=719375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=719375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=719375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}