As free agency begins, where does Chicago stand with the salary cap? Bears' updated 2025 salary cap before free agency. The Bears still have some pressing news to address entering

While all the teams that had ample cap space came out firing at the start of free agency, the Green Bay Packers waited in the background.

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Any player with four or more accrued seasons — six or more regular-season games on a club’s active/inactive, reserve/injured or reserve/physically unable to perform lists — whose contract has expired becomes an unrestricted free agent and may negotiate and sign with any team.

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We're now in the final stretch of days heading into the 2025 NFL free agency period. It's not necessarily considered a good free-agency class, but teams still have needs to be filled, so there are going to be a whole bunch of guys who get paid a whole lot of money.

The Atlanta Falcons have made two major moves just in time for the start of the free agency "legal tampering" period. On Sunday evening, the team gave left tackle Jake Matthews a two-year, $45 million extension. Then on Monday morning, the team released veteran defensive lineman Grady Jarrett after 10 NFL seasons.

Eagles don't have many moves that can provide an abundance of salary cap space, and we're looking at five moves to create $7.5M in cap space