6 moves to open up more than $50 million in salary cap space

[Woodman]

https://www.newyorkupstate.com/buffalo-bills/2023/02/6-moves-buffalo-bills-gm-can-make-to-open-up-more-than-50-million-in-salary-cap-space.html

1. Restructure Josh Allen

Projected added cap space: $21.5 million

This one is a no-brainer. Allen is a long-term investment so kicking the can down the road a bit is something the Bills can stomach. Beane can convert most of Allen’s $27.5 million base salary into a signing bonus which then gets spread out over the next five years of his contract. Allen gets a big fat check, the Bills get some relief in 2023, and the roughly $21.5 million gets diced up and added equally to his cap hit in each of the remaining years of his deal.

[Woodman]

2. Restructure Von Miller

Projected added cap space: $10.8 million

When Miller signed his big deal it was blown out of proportion to a degree because the total numbers read six years and $120 million but it was effectively a three-year deal with roughly $52 million in guaranteed money. Restructuring the current deal means Beane is banking on Miller for an additional season once the money gets divvied up over the future years.

[Woodman]

Hopefully we're doing this work right now.

[Goobylal]

Hopefully we're doing this work right now.

No doubt. Maybe not those exact moves/dollar amounts, but something.

[Woodman]

Get this party started.