Cap rockets up to $255M … The NFL announced earlier today that the salary cap for the 2024 season will be a record $255.4M. That’s up a whopping $30.6M or 13.6% over last year’s cap of$225M.This year’s final figure is also as much as $12M more per team than most teams were expecting. Teams can begin spending that bounty on March 13th when the new football year begins.