NFL sets salary cap at $208.2 million per team for 2022 season [View all]

The salary cap for the 2022 season has been set, and the number signifies a return to normalcy.

The NFL's salary cap has risen to $208.2 million per team for the 2022 season, NFL Network's Mike Garafolo reported Monday.

It's an increase of $25.7 million from last year's cap of $182.5 million and right on line with earlier projections from December. The large increase stems from a lowered 2021 cap due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced teams to get creative with contracts while many of last year's free agents accepted one-year deals with the hope of returning to an expanded cap ahead of 2022.

Until the pandemic, the NFL salary cap had seen steady annual increases of about $10-12 million per year. Now that the pandemic is in the rearview, teams will have more flexibility heading into the 2022 season and free agents will have the opportunity to earn bigger contracts.

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Teams over the NFL salary cap

New Orleans Saints: -$42.35 million
Green Bay Packers: -$29.79 million
Dallas Cowboys: -$21.16 million
Minnesota Vikings: -$14.72 million
Los Angeles Rams: -$13.17 million
Tennessee Titans: -$6.90 million
New York Giants: -$5.84 million
Kansas City Chiefs: -$4.45 million
Buffalo Bills: -$3.91 million

NFL close to salary cap

New England Patriots: $11.50 million
Baltimore Ravens: $9.79 million
Atlanta Falcons: $3.82 million
San Francisco 49ers: $2.95 million
Arizona Cardinals: $2.75 million

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