Ian Rapoport has reported that the NFL salary cap will rise to $188.2 million for the 2019 season. Many pundits had expected it to rise to $190 million or more.
The new salary cap limit would be an increase of 6.21 percent, just above the 6.11 percent increase the year before. It also continues a trend of smaller percentage increases in the salary cap. The percentage increases for the prior four seasons were 7.55, 8.37, 7.73 and 8.13 percent. The salary cap has increased by at least $10 million each year for the last six seasons.
Sportrac now estimates that the Packers will have $33.