Detroit Lions 2025 June Dead Cap Update

The Detroit Lions have one of the league's largest available salary cap space allotments in the entire NFL for the 2025 season.

According to Over The Cap, the Lions rank third in the NFL in available cap space at $40,124,167 for the upcoming season. The team also stands to gain $9.25 million in cap savings with Frank Ragnow's retirement, though that has not been made official yet.

However, the team will still incur some dead cap for the 2025 campaign. In total, the amount of dead money on the Lions' books currently stands to be $21,789,645.

Carrying the biggest dead cap hit is cornerback Carlton Davis. When the Lions traded for Davis last offseason, they restructured his contract to mitigate the cap hit that his $14.5 million salary would have.

Because of this, they will pay $9,823,456 in 2025 as dead money after he signed a three-year deal with the New England Patriots.

The Lions are also slated to pay $6.54 million in dead money to Cameron Sutton. The Lions released Sutton just one year into a three-year deal signed prior to the 2023 season after a legal incident, and the 2025 campaign would've been the final year of that contract.