On Wednesday, the NFL issued a memo to clubs projecting a salary cap range of $277.5 million to $281.5 million per team for the 2025 season. This estimate exceeds what teams had anticipated, as most were budgeting for a salary cap between $265 million and $275 million. With the projected salary cap increase of $22.1 million to $26.1 million, how will this affect the Panthers as they head into free agency?

According to Over The Cap, the Panthers are expected to have around $24 million in available cap space. Julian Council discusses potential moves the Panthers could make to create additional salary cap space.

Additionally, the NFL's franchise tag window opened on Monday. While the Panthers currently do not have any players on their roster who are candidates for the franchise tag, there are several players they will be monitoring over the next 12 days to see what decisions their current teams make.

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