Kicking off a new series, we’ll be taking a look at spending rankings for every NFL position by team for the 2025 season. Dead cap hits from players who are no longer on the team do not count towards their positional spending, so Russell Wilson will not show up for the Broncos’ quarterback room despite carrying a dead cap hit of $32,000,000 for the year.

Taysom Hill

We’ve already covered quarterbacks, running backs, receivers and offensive line, and now we’re moving on to the tight end position. Along with running back, tight end is the other more inexpensive offensive position, as it’s not considered a premium like offensive line, receiver and quarterback. Here’s a look at the most expensive tight end rooms in the league of players currently on the roster.

Cap information compiled via Over The Cap
Depth charts pulled from OurLads

1 – Saints: $33,311,751

Percentage of total cap: 11.9 percent
Top cap hit: Taysom Hill, $17,986,500 (6.44 percent)
PFF grade: 66.7 (15th: Juwan Johnson)
Depth chart: Johnson, Foster Moreau, Jack Stoll, Hill

2 – Chiefs: $29,410,101

Percentage of total cap: 10.5 percent
Top cap hit: Travis Kelce, $19,801,667 (7.09 percent)
PFF grade: 70.9 (10th)
Depth chart: Kelce, Noah Gray, Jared Wiley, Robert Tonyan

3 – Vikings: $23,495,406

Percentage of total cap: 8.4 percent
Top cap hit: T.J. Hockenson, $16,649,118 (5.96 percent)
PFF grade: 74.0 (6th)
Depth chart: Hockensen, Josh Oliver, Gavin Bartholomew

4 – Ravens: $23,396,252

Percentage of total cap: 8.4 percent
Top cap hit: Mark Andrews, $16,907,611 (6.06 percent)
PFF grade: 83.8 (4th)
Depth chart: Andrews, Isaiah Likely, Charlie Kolar, Zaire Mitchell-Paden

5 – Rams: $22,232,334

Percentage of total cap: 7.9 percent
Top cap hit: Colby Parkinson, $9,833,333 (3.52 percent)
PFF grade: 63.3 (22nd: Parkinson)
Other notable cap hit: Tyler Higbee, $8,777,757 (3.14 percent)
Depth chart: Higbee, Parkinson, Terrance Ferguson, Davis Allen

6 – Bears: $21,652,910

Percentage of total cap: 7.8 percent
Top cap hit: Cole Kmet, $11,600,000 (4.15 percent)
PFF grade: 60.6 (24th)
Depth chart: Colston Loveland, Kmet, Durham Smythe, Stephen Carlson

7 – Bills: $20,958,474

Percentage of total cap: 7.5 percent
Top cap hit: Dawson Knox, $14,568,000 (5.22 percent)
Other notable cap hit: Dalton Kincaid, $3,661,915 (1.31 percent)
PFF grade: 76.6 (5th: Kincaid)
Depth chart: Knox, Kincaid, Jackson Hawes, Zach Davidson

8 – Patriots: $20,929,490

Percentage of total cap: 7.5 percent
Top cap hit: Hunter Henry, $11,441,176 (4.10 percent)
PFF grade: 70.0 (11th)
Depth chart: Henry, Austin Hooper, Jaheim Bell

9 – 49ers: $20,853,342

Percentage of total cap: 7.4 percent
Top cap hit: George Kittle, $14,211,842 (5.09 percent)
PFF grade: 92.1 (1st)
Depth chart: Kittle, Luke Farrell, Ross Dwelley, Brayden Willis

10 – Seahawks: $20,236,330

Percentage of total cap: 7.2 percent
Top cap hit: Noah Fant, $13,410,000 (4.80 percent)
PFF grade: 66.0 (16th)
Depth chart: Fant, AJ Barner, Elijah Arroyo, Eric Saubert

11 – Falcons: $18,939,666

Percentage of total cap: 6.8 percent
Top cap hit: Kyle Pitts, $10,878,000 (3.90 percent)
PFF grade: 59.6 (26th)
Depth chart: Pitts, Charlie Woerner, Teagan Quitoriano

12 – Texans: $18,621,328

Percentage of total cap: 6.7 percent
Top cap hit: Dalton Schultz, $14,000,000 (5.01 percent)
PFF grade: 61.6 (23rd)
Depth chart: Schultz, Brevin Jordan, Cade Stover, Luke Lachey

13 – Steelers: $17,720,630

Percentage of total cap: 6.3 percent
Top cap hit: Pat Freiermuth, $12,885,000 (4.62 percent)
PFF grade: 68.4 (13th)
Depth chart: Freiermuth, Jonnu Smith, Darnell Washington, Connor Heyward

14 – Eagles: $17,357,998

Percentage of total cap: 6.2 percent
Top cap hit: Dallas Goedert, $10,714,463 (3.84 percent)
PFF grade: 65.7 (18th)
Depth chart: Goedert, Grant Calcaterra, Kylen Granson, Harrison Bryant

15 – Browns: $15,492,038

Percentage of total cap: 5.5 percent
Top cap hit: David Njoku, $11,436,058 (4.10 percent)
PFF grade: 64.0 (20th)
Depth chart: Njoku, Harold Fannin Jr., Blake Whiteheart, Brenden Bates

16 – Bengals: $15,434,039

Percentage of total cap: 5.5 percent
Top cap hit: Mike Gesicki, $7,666,666 (2.75 percent)
PFF grade: 71.5 (9th)
Depth chart: Gesicki, Drew Sample, Erick All Jr., Tanner Hudson

17 – Commanders: $15,196,049

Percentage of total cap: 5.4 percent
Top cap hit: Zach Ertz, $6,250,000 (2.24 percent
PFF grade: 64.2 (19th)
Depth chart: Ertz, John Bates, Ben Sinnott

18 – Broncos: $14,227,372

Percentage of total cap: 5.1 percent
Top cap hit: Evan Engram, $5,956,666 (2.13 percent)
PFF grade: 72.5 (8th)
Depth chart: Engram, Adam Trautman, Nate Adkins, Caleb Lohner

19 – Cardinals: $13,793,615

Percentage of total cap: 4.9 percent
Top cap hit: Trey McBride, $9,574,393 (3.43 percent)
PFF grade: 86.8 (2nd)
Depth chart: McBride, Tip Reiman, Elijah Higgins, Josiah Deguara

20 – Chargers: $13,550,175

Percentage of total cap: 4.9 percent
Top cap hit: Will Dissly
PFF grade: 69.5 (12th)
Depth chart: Dissly, Tyler Conklin, Oronde Gadsden, Tucker Firk

21 – Colts: $12,091,816

Percentage of total cap: 4.3 percent
Top cap hit: Tyler Warren
PFF grade: N/A
Depth chart: Warren, Mo Alie-Cox, Drew Ogletree, Jelani Woods, Will Mallory

22 – Raiders: $9,801,700

Percentage of total cap: 3.5 percent
Top cap hit: $4,122,451 (1.48 percent)
PFF grade: 85.1 (3rd)
Bowers, Michael Mayer, Ian Thomas, Qadir Ismali

23 – Jaguars: $9,719,214

Percentage of total cap: 3.5 percent
Top cap hit: Johnny Mundt, $2,250,000 (0.81 percent)
PFF grade: 66.0 (17th: Brenton Strange)
Depth chart: Strange, Mundt, Hunter Long, Quintin Morris

24 – Lions: $9,193,136

Percentage of total cap: 3.3 percent
Top cap hit: Brock Wright, $2,629,000 (0.94 percent)
Starter cap hit: Sam LaPorta, $2,581,634 (0.92 percent)
PFF grade: 73.8 (7th: LaPorta)
Depth chart: LaPorta, Wright, Shane Zylstra, Kenny Yeboah

25 – Giants: $9,114,172

Percentage of total cap: 3.3 percent
Top cap hit: Daniel Bellinger, $3,604,276 (1.29 percent)
PFF grade: 53.6 (28th: Theo Johnson)
Depth chart: Johnson, Bellinger, Chris Manhertz, Greg Dulcich

26 – Panthers: $8,944,634

Percentage of total cap: 3.2 percent
Top cap hit: Tommy Tremble, $3,850,000 (1.38 percent)
PFF grade: 52.5 (29th: Ja’Tavion Sanders)
Depth chart: Tremble, Sanders, Mitchell Evans

27 – Cowboys: $8,906,313

Percentage of total cap: 3.2 percent
Total cap hit: Jake Ferguson, $3,582,221 (1.28 percent)
PFF grade: 54.5 (27th)
Depth chart: Ferguson, Schoonmaker, Brevyn Spann-Ford

28 – Dolphins: $8,479,756

Percentage of total cap: 3.0 percent
Top cap hit: Pharaoh Brown, $1,120,588
PFF grade: N/A
Depth chart: Darren Waller, Brown, Julian Hill

29 – Titans: $8,489,153

Percentage of total cap: 3.0 percent
Top cap hit: Chig Okonkwo
PFF grade: 59.9 (25th)
Depth chart: Okonkwo, Josh Whyle, Gunnar Helm

30 – Packers: $8,081,911

Percentage of total cap: 2.9 percent
Top cap hit: Luke Musgrave, $2,311,563 (0.83 percent)
PFF grade: 68.0 (14th: Tucker Kraft)
Depth chart: Kraft, Musgrave, Ben Sims

31 – Buccaneers: $7,910,279

Percentage of total cap: 2.8 percent
Top cap hit: Cade Otton $3,864,486 (1.38 percent)
PFF grade: 63.4 (21st)
Depth chart: Otton, Payne Durham, Ko Kieft

32 – Jets: $6,672,696

Percentage of total cap: 2.4 percent
Top cap hit: Jeremy Ruckert, $1,605,198 (0.57 percent)
PFF grade: N/A
Depth chart: Mason Taylor, Ruckert, Stone Smartt, Zack Kuntz

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