2025 NFL Cap Space, By Team

This week started with a point on the NFL calendar that has been important for decades. Although teams have not needed to wait until June to make their most expensive cuts in many years, they do not see the funds from post-June 1 designations until that point.

With June 1 coming and going, a fourth of the league has seen the savings from post-June 1 releases arrive. That has affected the NFL’s cap-space hierarchy. Here is how every team stands (via OverTheCap) following June 2 changes:

1. New England Patriots: $67.34MM
2. San Francisco 49ers: $53.49MM
3. Detroit Lions: $40.12MM
4. New York Jets: $39.8MM
5. Las Vegas Raiders: $36.16MM
6. Arizona Cardinals: $32.11MM
7. Dallas Cowboys: $32.11MM
8. Pittsburgh Steelers: $31.88MM
9. Seattle Seahawks: $31.21MM
10. Tennessee Titans: $30.16MM
11. Green Bay Packers: $28.94MM
12. Cincinnati Bengals: $27.08MM
13. Los Angeles Chargers: $26.83MM
14. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: $26.63MM
15. Jacksonville Jaguars: $26.54MM
16. Philadelphia Eagles: $25.79MM
17. New Orleans Saints: $22.62MM
18. Washington Commanders: $21.13MM
19. Indianapolis Colts: $20.09MM
20. Los Angeles Rams: $19.44MM
21. Baltimore Ravens: $18.95MM
22. Carolina Panthers: $18.69MM
23. Minnesota Vikings: $18.49MM
24. Cleveland Browns: $18.2MM
25. Houston Texans: $16.3MM
26. Denver Broncos: $16.23MM
27. Chicago Bears: $14.76MM
28. Miami Dolphins: $13.81MM
29. Kansas City Chiefs: $10.75MM
30. Atlanta Falcons: $5.02MM
31. New York Giants: $3.82MM
32. Buffalo Bills: $1.69MM

The Jets saw their situation change the most from post-June 1 designations, as $13.5MM became available to the team after its Aaron Rodgers and C.J. Mosley cuts. Teams have up to two post-June 1 designations at their disposals. Five clubs — the Jets, Browns, Ravens, Eagles and 49ers — used both slots. Only three other teams made a post-June 1 cut before that seminal date. The eight that made these moves will have dead money split between 2025 and 2026.

Baltimore used the cost-defraying option to release Marcus Williams and Justin Tucker, while Cleveland — in Year 4 of the regrettable Deshaun Watson partnership — used it to move on from Juan Thornhill and Dalvin Tomlinson. As the Eagles’ option bonus-heavy payroll included two hefty bonus numbers for Darius Slay and James Bradberry, the reigning Super Bowl champions released both 30-something cornerbacks. Together, Slay and Bradberry will count more than $20MM on Philadelphia’s 2026 cap sheet. As for this year, though, the Browns, Eagles, Ravens and 49ers respectively saved $9.85MM, $9.4MM, $6.3MM, $6.4MM and $5.6MM, according to Spotrac.

The Jaguars made a mid-offseason decision to release Gabe Davis, doing so not long after trading up to draft Travis Hunter — with the plan to primarily play him at wide receiver — at No. 2 overall. Off-field issues, coupled with a down 2024 season, made Tucker expendable — after the Ravens drafted Tyler Loop in Round 6. The Vikings moved off Garrett Bradbury‘s contract and will replace him with free agency addition Ryan Kelly, while Mason lasted two seasons paired with C.J. Stroud‘s rookie deal. The 49ers made it known early they were moving on from Javon Hargrave, while 2024 trade addition Maliek Collins also exited the team’s D-tackle room.

Derek Carr‘s retirement being processed Tuesday also changed the Saints’ funding. The team will spread the dead money ($50.13MM) across two years. Even with the number being reduced this year, the Saints will be hit with the second-highest single-player dead money hit (behind only the Broncos’ Russell Wilson separation) in NFL history as a result of the Carr exit. The Saints will only be responsible for $19.21MM of that total in 2025. As they did with Jason Kelce and Fletcher Cox‘s retirements last year, the Eagles will also process Brandon Graham‘s hit this way.

Eight of this year’s post-June 1 releases remain in free agency. The Patriots added Bradbury to replace the now-retired David Andrews, while the Vikings scooped up Hargrave. As the Steelers await Rodgers’ decision, they added two other post-June 1 releases in Slay and Thornhill. Tomlinson joined the Cardinals not long after his Browns release.