The Jacksonville Jaguars are getting a slight salary cap boost for the 2026 season.
The NFL announced the 2026 salary cap adjustments for each team, and the Jaguars are receiving a $3.5 million cap space gain, according to Spotrac.
The team getting the biggest adjustment is the Tennessee Titans, who received $24.3 million. The 49ers received $20.7 million. There are four teams, Buffalo, Seattle, the New York Giants, and Carolina, who lost cap space following the adjustment.
So what do teams receive these adjustments for? Kyle Crabbs of AtoZ Sports explains.
“These kinds of adjustments are usually courtesy of teams getting reimbursed for player salary via insurance policies after an injury or incentive money from the previous season that is (or isn’t) achieved as compared to what the salary cap records showed throughout the prior season,” Crabbs wrote.
How much 2026 salary cap space do the Jaguars have?
Crabbs also notes that most salary cap sites project these reimbursements, so don’t expect to see the Jaguars’ salary cap space jump by $3.5 million.
Spotrac has Jacksonville with $10.15 million in salary cap space at the moment. This ranks 27th in the NFL.
The Jaguars reportedly restructured the contracts of Jakobi Meyers and Logan Cooke recently to create more space.
The salary cap is a likely factor in the Jaguars’ quiet start to free agency, but during his free agency press conference, GM James Gladstone explained the big reason behind the Jaguars’ lack of free agency moves.
Even if the Jaguars do not plan to be super active in free agency, additional space is needed for cap expenses coming down the road, such as signing the incoming draft class, along with having reserves available for any in-season spending.
(This story was updated to add new information.)
This article originally appeared on Jaguars Wire: Why Jaguars received $3.5 million salary cap boost in 2026
Reporting by Paul Bretl, Jaguars Wire / Jaguars Wire
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