The NFL has informed teams that the 2018 salary cap will be set at $177.2MM, according to Mike Garafolo of NFL.com (Twitter link).
The salary cap will continue the incredible upward trajectory it has been on since 2013. Here’s what the league’s salary cap has looked like over the last few years:
- 2013: $123MM
- 2014: $133MM
- 2015: $143.28MM
- 2016: $155.27MM
- 2017: $167MM
The NFL’s management council submitted their first 2018 cap projections to the league’s owners in January. Initial projections for the cap came in at $174.2-$178.1MM, so the $177.2MM figure fits squarely into that range. The salary cap, of course, affects not only teams’ roster moves for the entire season, but the figures used in franchise/transition tag calculations.