The NFL has set its official salary cap for the 2015 season at $143.28 million. It's an increase of about $10 million over last season, or an approximately 7.5 percent jump. The cap has now risen $20 million in the last two years and has increased by more than 67 percent in the last decade.
Along with the official cap number, the franchise tag values were released, as those are based on a percentage of the salary cap. They are as follows:
Official franchise tag #s on offense with cap of $143.28M: QB ($18.544M), RB ($10.951M), WR ($12.823M), TE ($8.347M), OL ($12.943M).
Franchise tag #s on defense with cap of $143.28M: DE ($14.813M), DT ($11.193M), LB ($13.195M), CB ($13.075M), S ($9.618M), K/P ($4.126M