In my first offseason plan, I guesstimated the cap would come in at $195M based on a report I read online.
https://www.si.com/nfl/packers/news/nfl-salary-cap-might-not-crash-after-all
Since then, there have been more reports that the cap will be well below that number and will likely come in at $181M. That is a large difference. Reporting is out there from November 2020 that projects the NFL teams would lose about $2.7 billion due to having no fans at the games. That comes out to $84.375M per team.
Before Covid, overthecap (OTC) had projected the 2021 thru 2025 caps as .