Detroit Lions Learn 2025 Salary Cap Range

New England currently leads the NFL in salary cap space, as it will have over $120 million available to spend. Las Vegas is second with anywhere from around $97 million to $101 million. The New Orleans Saints, Cleveland Browns and Buffalo Bills comprise the bottom three teams in the league in cap space. 

During a recent interview with Local 4 News, general manager Brad Holmes explained that the offseason is much more time consuming for people in his position than the regular season.

“I know it’s called the offseason cause football games aren’t being played, but for a general manager the offseason is a lot more busier than during the season," Holmes said. "It’s a lot more hectic, it’s a lot more time consuming because you’ve got free agency and you have the draft. You have a lot of other things. You’re getting ready for the offseason program to get started, you have the Combine.

"It’s a lot going on, but it’s purely the player acquisition process. It’s just constant meetings, constant film," Holmes continued. "Just from the morning til night, and it’s a constant grind through the process. You have to be very organized and make sure that your process is very clean and ready. You just kind of stick to your process, trust it and what we always try to do is evolve our process.”

Detroit has several key pending free agents who could benefit from the increased salary cap space, including cornerback Carlton Davis, right guard Kevin Zeitler and linebacker Derrick Barnes.

The increase in cap space is a positive development for Detroit, who has already doled out several hefty extensions and may have more on the horizon.

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