NFL salary cap increase provides major boost for Saints

By Ross Jackson

The NFL salary cap is set to rise again in 2025, and this increase will be especially beneficial for the New Orleans Saints as they look to improve their roster.

Per NFL Media’s Dan Graziano, the NFL announced to teams that the salary cap will fall between $277.5 million and $281.5 million in 2025. Most salary cap estimates were being run on a model between $270.5 million and $275.5 million throughout the season. That means the salary cap is set to rise more than expected for the second year in a row.

The NFL’s salary limit will have jumped up at least $53 million since 2023. This is major news for many teams, but massively beneficial for the Saints.

If the 2025 cap were to land in the middle of its current projection, $279.5 million, that would reduce the Saints’ overage to about $47 million, down from the mid-fifties range. 

That could be the difference between a pair of player cuts or a restructure, which is not a bad situation for New Orleans.

The Saints will still have plenty of work to do, as they do every offseason. However, the rising salary cap should continue to climb with new TV, streaming, and gambling deals driving revenue growth.

Expect New Orleans to start diving into their cap relief process in the coming weeks. The Saints must be salary cap compliant by the start of the league year on March 12, leaving them less than a month to make necessary adjustments.