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Why the big jump in salary cap is bad news for the Seahawks retaining Ernest Jones

John Gilbert is the Field Gulls Deputy Editor and has covered the NFL's Seattle Seahawks since 2016. He specializes in the salary cap, the collective bargaining agreement and statistical analysis, with an occasional film breakdown sprinkled in.

The big news across the NFL on Wednesday was the report that the league has informed teams that the 2025 salary cap should fall in the $277.5M to $281.5M range, which is higher than most had anticipated. As a result of this report, teams like the Seattle Seahawks, who had been predicted to be in the range of $13.