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Last week, the NFL reportedly notified<\/a> teams of yet another salary cap increase. And, as expected, business is booming.<\/p>\n According to NFL Network insider Tom Pelissero, the league is projecting the new number to land between $301.2 million and $305.7 million. That would be quite a rise from this past season, where the cap was set at $279.2 million.<\/p>\n So, where do the Carolina Panthers<\/a>\u2014as well as the other 31 franchises\u2014queue up in projected salary cap space for this upcoming campaign?<\/p>\n Here, courtesy of Over The Cap<\/a>, is the estimated cap space and rank for each team heading into Super Bowl weekend . . .<\/p>\n Tennessee Titans: $104,769,062Las Vegas Raiders: $91,522,807Los Angeles Chargers: $88,677,941New York Jets: $83,569,717Washington Commanders<\/a>: $76,041,469Seattle Seahawks<\/a>: $73,284,461Cincinnati Bengals<\/a>: $54,504,672Los Angeles Rams: $48,214,355Pittsburgh Steelers: $44,943,582San Francisco 49ers<\/a>: $42,950,176New England Patriots: $42,735,263Arizona Cardinals: $42,187,426Indianapolis Colts: $35,598,489Denver Broncos<\/a>: $28,885,734Atlanta Falcons: $27,999,824Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a>: $23,828,710Baltimore Ravens<\/a>: $21,943,387Philadelphia Eagles: $20,557,388Carolina Panthers: $14,437,004New York Giants<\/a>: $6,947,721Houston Texans<\/a>: -$1,403,295Green Bay Packers<\/a>: -$1,436,657Chicago Bears<\/a>: -$5,300,354New Orleans Saints<\/a>: -$6,037,060Buffalo Bills<\/a>: -$7,449,001Detroit Lions<\/a>: -$8,531,146Cleveland Browns<\/a>: -$10,286,279Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a>: -$11,433,472Miami Dolphins<\/a>: -$16,223,613Dallas Cowboys: -$28,936,140Minnesota Vikings<\/a>: -$40,156,353Kansas City Chiefs: -$54,530,166Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n