Detroit Lions' 2025 salary cap position to be bolstered by noticeable carryover

One of the clearest signs the Detroit Lions have done their roster build the right way is the success the team is having mixed with the salary cap space they have. That's what happens when you draft as well as they have, but the process of paying that contract piper started last offseason and will continue until further notice as those top young players reach their second contract. As it sits right now, the Lions have the ninth-most salary cap space in the league for 2025 ($59.76 million, according to Over The Cap). Moves can and will be made to open up more cap space, but the Lions are in a pretty good position to do whatever they want to do this offseason. Even accounting for what it would take to get to a top-51 players under contract for next season, the Lions are in a good spot in relation to the salary cap as we look toward the offseason. And it will get better. According to Over The Cap, each NFL team submitted to the league the amount of salary cap money it will carry over from 2024 to 2025 this week