NFL increases salary cap to $279.2M for 2025 season

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Originally Posted by omahacolt

some extra cash we won't spend

Ballard has almost always spent the cap space.

From Spotrac, here are the amounts the Colts spent by year vs baseline cap:

2024: $250.3 ($255.4 was baseline cap)
2023: $223.9 ($224.8)
2022: $205.8 ($208.2)
2021: $187.3 ($182.5)
2020: $231.4 ($198.2)