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NFL Salary Cap Jumping to $224.8M in 2023

NFL Salary Cap Jumping to $224.8M in 2023
Aaron Rodgers, quarterback with the Green Bay Packers, during a game against the Detroit Lions, Jan. 8, 2023 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. By total cash, Rodgers is the highest-paid player in the National Football League, with a $59.5 million deal, according to Spotrac.com. (Stacy Revere/Getty Images)

Monday, 30 January 2023 01:44 PM EST

The NFL salary cap will jump to a record $224.8 million in 2023, the league informed teams Monday.

The 2022 salary cap was $208.2 million.

Among the teams projected to have excess spending power available under the cap, according to Spotrac, are the Chicago Bears ($99 million), Atlanta Falcons ($57 million), Cincinnati Bengals and New York Giants ($44 million).

However, the Bengals are reportedly discussing a long-term deal with quarterback Joe Burrow and the Giants are facing similar big-money decisions on quarterback Daniel Jones and running back Saquon Barkley.

Burrow is under contract with a base salary of $11,515,044 on the final year of his four-year, $36.1 million deal signed as the No. 1 pick in the 2020 draft. That contract includes a fifth-year option for 2024, but the Bengals have publicly stated they'll be proactive in addressing Burrow's contract status.

The Giants passed on Jones' fifth-year option and he's scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent when the NFL league year begins March 15.

Multiple 2023 playoff teams are operating in the red, including the Buffalo Bills ($20 million over) and Jacksonville Jaguars ($32 million over).

"We're going to have to be creative," Bills GM Brandon Beane said last week regarding the prospects of signing a free agent this spring.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are around $55 million over the cap, behind only the New Orleans Saints ($57 million) among teams currently in the negative.

New media contracts and the 17th regular-season game are contributors to the record-high mark, NFL Network reported.

The salary cap by year since 2012:

2023: $224.5 million

2022: $208.2 million

2021: $182.5 million

2020: $198.2 million

2019: $188.2 million

2018: $177.2 million

2017: $167.0 million

2016: $155.3 million

2015: $143.3 million

2014: $133.0 million

2013: $123.0 million

2012: $120.6 million

- Field Level Media for AP

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