Restructure Potential

A tool that teams have to create cap space in the current or upcoming league year is restructuring, the conversion of scheduled payments such as base salary or roster bonuses into signing bonuses that are prorated equally across the length of the contract, over a maximum of five years. This graph and table illustrates the potential that each team has to create 2024 cap space with restructuring.

There are two types of restructuring:

  • A simple restructure converts payments into prorated signing bonuses within the confines of the remainder of the contract. Teams typically have the ability to unilaterally execute simple restructures without any action necessary from the player.
  • A maximum restructure increases the amount of cap space via conversion into prorated signing bonuses by either extending the contract or by adding void years to a contract, years that do not extend the contract but are only used as placeholders for the proration. Maximum restructures are typically considered a renegotiation of the contract that requires the player's consent to execute.

Visit OTC's transactions table to learn the restructure potential for each player.

  • Effective Cap Space
  • Possible Cap Space With Simple Restructures
  • Possible Cap Space With Maximum Restructures
NE
CHI
WAS
TEN
HOU
IND
CIN
DET
CAR
TB
ARI
LAR
LV
PHI
NYG
MIN
ATL
KC
JAX
GB
NYJ
BAL
SF
SEA
PIT
CLE
DAL
DEN
BUF
MIA
LAC
NO
TeamEffective Cap SpaceSimple RestructurePossible Cap SpaceMaximum RestructurePossible Cap Space
Patriots$107,430,024$9,812,029$117,242,053$35,925,679$143,355,703
Bears$82,526,167$49,393,580$131,919,747$73,332,491$155,858,658
Commanders$81,937,775$41,338,771$123,276,546$59,983,137$141,920,912
Titans$80,448,207$48,459,020$128,907,227$59,795,251$140,243,458
Texans$76,147,255$31,223,355$107,370,610$52,469,528$128,616,783
Colts$73,327,399$33,833,403$107,160,802$78,259,832$151,587,231
Bengals$68,908,832$31,484,718$100,393,550$62,858,777$131,767,609
Lions$66,246,311$33,432,589$99,678,900$64,724,960$130,971,271
Panthers$50,729,024$44,047,345$94,776,369$76,646,176$127,375,200
Buccaneers$50,290,461$65,508,151$115,798,612$72,035,717$122,326,178
Cardinals$50,234,574$48,120,995$98,355,569$82,604,940$132,839,514
Rams$48,924,993$67,129,048$116,054,041$82,032,179$130,957,172
Raiders$48,185,573$60,831,729$109,017,302$81,262,044$129,447,617
Eagles$47,096,199$28,587,669$75,683,868$34,191,884$81,288,083
Giants$39,537,625$67,337,472$106,875,097$83,528,116$123,065,741
Vikings$38,470,746$36,010,547$74,481,293$66,855,098$105,325,844
Falcons$33,236,846$49,867,381$83,104,227$91,132,759$124,369,605
Chiefs$33,043,179$61,819,793$94,862,972$98,204,238$131,247,417
Jaguars$24,762,661$54,257,006$79,019,667$86,270,962$111,033,623
Packers$22,007,441$59,998,754$82,006,195$83,355,381$105,362,822
Jets$21,226,481$67,141,281$88,367,762$79,383,881$100,610,362
Ravens$15,556,596$41,126,696$56,683,292$66,718,900$82,275,496
49ers$8,617,805$95,948,326$104,566,131$115,673,402$124,291,207
Seahawks$7,138,707$42,463,602$49,602,309$88,305,780$95,444,487
Steelers$185,623$41,747,887$41,933,510$111,842,496$112,028,119
Browns($1,091,330)$84,557,107$83,465,777$103,021,505$101,930,175
Cowboys($5,561,332)$66,246,672$60,685,340$99,840,580$94,279,248
Broncos($26,478,106)$56,732,111$30,254,005$123,263,979$96,785,873
Bills($27,083,378)$78,109,559$51,026,181$105,027,332$77,943,954
Dolphins($36,579,482)$88,556,985$51,977,503$140,061,325$103,481,843
Chargers($43,156,330)$40,545,327($2,611,003)$120,511,533$77,355,203
Saints($84,324,906)$125,025,262$40,700,356$132,670,606$48,345,700