2021 NFL salary cap is set, and it’s some good news for Eagles

The 2021 NFL salary cap is officially set. The league has officially informed teams that it’ll be at $182.5 million, which is halfway through the expected range between $180 million and $185 million.

2020’s cap was obviously impacted by COVID-19, like everything else. The cap has been rising and rising over the years, but it’s down this year after being set at $198.2 million in 2020.

Still, the $182.5 million figure offers a little good news to the Philadelphia Eagles. They were previously projected to be about $31.1 million over the cap, per Over The Cap. Now they’re down to $29.1 million.

Factor in Wednesday’s news that the Eagles restructured Isaac Seumalo’s contract, and the Eagles should be down to about $26.7 million over. It’s expected that Brandon Graham and Lane Johnson restructured contracts will help their situation this year (Jason Kelce and Darius Slay contract adjustments have already been accounted for).