The Carolina Panthers hired executive vice president of football operations Brandt Tilis away from the Kansas City Chiefs last season to help general manager Dan Morgan work some magic with the NFL's ever expanding and flexible salary cap. The pair of executives are tasked with building one of the shallowest rosters in the league into something competitive. That job got a little easier this week thanks to a substantially larger than expected salary cap for the 2025 season.
In discussing the Panthers biggest cap hits this offseason, we had pointed out that the Panthers were expected to have about $21M in breathing room before cutting or restructuring anyone.