{"id":781840,"date":"2026-02-28T09:15:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T09:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/781840\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T09:15:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T09:15:23","slug":"how-301m-impacts-baltimore-ravens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/781840\/","title":{"rendered":"How $301M impacts Baltimore Ravens"},"content":{"rendered":"

Updated Feb. 27, 2026, 2:10 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

The NFL salary cap for the 2025 season is expected to be around $301 million per team.The salary cap has increased by over $48 million in the last two years, reflecting the league’s growing revenue.Baltimore has over 20 unrestricted free agents, including several key players.The Ravens can create more cap space by restructuring contracts for players like Lamar Jackson and Roquan Smith.<\/p>\n

The Ravens have a ballpark number on a potential salary cap after teams were notified on Friday<\/a> that the expected salary cap range for the 2025 season would be $301 million per team.<\/p>\n

The NFL’s new year is a little over 13 days away, with the league’s free agency tampering period set to begin on March 9. Last February, the\u00a0NFL announced a record-breaking salary cap<\/a>\u00a0of $279.2 million for the 2025 season, a significant increase from the 2024 cap of $255.4 million.<\/p>\n

The cap will now rise by $22 million for all 32 NFL teams.<\/p>\n

With an official announcement complete, here’s how the salary cap number will impact the\u00a0Baltimore Ravens<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What is the salary cap?<\/p>\n

The salary cap is the total amount of money a team can spend on its players. It is calculated based on the league-wide revenue generated from TV deals, ticket sales, merchandise, etc.<\/p>\n

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The salary cap has increased by over $48 million over the last two years. In 2024, it was $255.4 million for each team, and in 2025, it was $279 million.<\/p>\n

Ravens salary cap<\/p>\n

$19,743,387<\/p>\n

Dead cap hit<\/p>\n

$12,262,715<\/p>\n

Final analysis<\/p>\n

Jesse Minter is the Ravens new head coach, and he’s surrounded quarterback Lamar Jackson with a dynamic young playcaller in Declan Doyle. Baltimore has 22 unrestricted free agents, according to\u00a0Over The Cap<\/a>, with big names like Tyler Linderbaum, Isaiah Likely, Kyle Van Noy, Dre’Mont Jones, Alohi Gilman, Chidobe Awuzie, and Ar’Darius Washington among those Eric DeCosta will evaluate.<\/p>\n

DeCosta has ways to clear salary-cap space, such as extending Lamar Jackson or restructuring Jackson and Roquan Smith, and Baltimore could look to make a big move or target a top-tier name interested in joining the league’s top coaching staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated Feb. 27, 2026, 2:10 p.m. ET The NFL salary cap for the 2025 season is expected to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":781841,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2052],"tags":[95878,184,117,2282,7,6,169,96963,96964,100769,95882,102300,95898,102301,97034,102302,96705,95896,95888,95895,95899,95883,96012,102303,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-781840","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baltimore-ravens","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-baltimore","10":"tag-baltimore-ravens","11":"tag-baltimoreravens","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-ravens","15":"tag-sstssportsnflravens","16":"tag-sstsnravens","17":"tag-tagalohi-gilman","18":"tag-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-tagardarius-washington","20":"tag-tagbaltimore-ravens","21":"tag-tagchidobe-awuzie","22":"tag-tagdremont-jones","23":"tag-tagisaiah-likely","24":"tag-taglamar-jackson","25":"tag-tagnational-sports","26":"tag-tagnfl","27":"tag-tagnfl-hub","28":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","29":"tag-tagsports-news","30":"tag-tagstory-highlights-ai-enabled","31":"tag-tagtyler-linderbaum","32":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116147501521634900","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781840","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=781840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/781841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=781840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=781840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=781840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}