The Atlanta Falcons remain in a challenging salary cap situation, currently holding over $292 million in obligations, exceeding this year’s salary cap of $279.2 million. The NFL announced a significant increase in the salary cap for the 2025 season, rising by $23.8 million from the previous year. Although the Falcons are in a better position compared to when Terry Fontenot took over in 2021—when the team was $30 million over the cap—improvements are still needed to become cap compliant before the season begins.
The Falcons are currently carrying more than $292 million in cap obligations, and even their Top 51 number is about $5.3 million over this year's cap.
Terry Fontenot inherited a salary cap mess when he came to Atlanta in 2021. He made some smart restructures and roster tweaks to get the team under the cap.
The 2025 salary cap has been set at $279.2 million, a significant increase from last year's $255.4 million, thus improving the Falcons' situation.
Thanks to the increase in salary cap, Terry Fontenot won't have nearly that far to go to get the Falcons cap compliant this time around.
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