That will be a notable $22-$26 million increase from 2024 ($255.4 million), and it will be a more than $53 million increase from two years ago ($224.8 million). On the high end, the single-year increase would basically match the post-pandemic increase just that was shy of $26 million in 2022. 2024 brought about a $31 million jump.
Updated Detroit Lions cap space for 2025 after reported increase
There are still some things the NFL has to take accounting of before each team knows how much cap space they will truly have–“not likely to be earned” incentives, per-game bonuses, etc. As noted by Erik Schlitt of Pride of Detroit, the Lions lost a little less than $165,000 to those kind of adjustments last year. They should not lose a lot to those type of adjustments this year either.
Over The Cap has already split the difference on the salary cap range Graziano reported, tentatively projecting it at $279.5 million per team. With that, OTC Is projecting the Lions to have just shy of $51.9 million in cap space right now; 10th-most in the league. The Lions will have more money to make moves, be it re-signings or notable dips into free agency or the trade market should they want to do so.
