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
ARI
CAR
TB
LAR
LV
PHI
MIN
NYG
ATL
KC
JAX
GB
NYJ
BAL
SEA
SF
PIT
CLE
DAL
DEN
BUF
MIA
LAC
NO
TeamEffective Cap SpaceSimple RestructurePossible Cap SpaceMaximum RestructurePossible Cap Space
Patriots$115,778,136$9,812,029$125,590,165$36,893,679$152,671,815
Bears$99,078,557$49,393,580$148,472,137$73,332,491$172,411,048
Commanders$85,501,599$41,338,771$126,840,370$59,983,137$145,484,736
Titans$83,821,754$48,519,020$132,340,774$59,795,251$143,617,005
Texans$80,684,037$31,223,355$111,907,392$52,469,528$133,153,565
Colts$77,567,587$33,833,403$111,400,990$78,259,832$155,827,419
Bengals$73,462,903$31,449,718$104,912,621$62,802,777$136,265,680
Lions$69,571,510$33,432,589$103,004,099$64,724,960$134,296,470
Cardinals$58,800,021$48,120,995$106,921,016$82,548,940$141,348,961
Panthers$52,779,389$44,047,345$96,826,734$76,646,176$129,425,565
Buccaneers$52,636,315$65,508,151$118,144,466$72,035,717$124,672,032
Rams$49,408,757$67,129,048$116,537,805$82,032,179$131,440,936
Raiders$49,204,314$72,113,229$121,317,543$93,295,644$142,499,958
Eagles$48,445,520$28,587,669$77,033,189$34,191,884$82,637,404
Vikings$46,276,899$36,010,547$82,287,446$66,855,098$113,131,997
Giants$44,916,862$67,337,472$112,254,334$83,528,116$128,444,978
Falcons$40,490,816$49,867,381$90,358,197$91,132,759$131,623,575
Chiefs$35,134,048$61,819,793$96,953,841$98,148,238$133,282,286
Jaguars$26,728,219$54,257,006$80,985,225$86,270,962$112,999,181
Packers$25,868,057$59,998,754$85,866,811$83,355,381$109,223,438
Jets$25,190,425$67,141,281$92,331,706$79,383,881$104,574,306
Ravens$18,033,447$41,126,696$59,160,143$66,718,900$84,752,347
Seahawks$10,562,620$42,463,602$53,026,222$88,305,780$98,868,400
49ers$9,468,233$95,948,326$105,416,559$115,673,402$125,141,635
Steelers$4,076,292$41,747,887$45,824,179$111,842,496$115,918,788
Browns$289,475$84,557,107$84,846,582$103,021,505$103,310,980
Cowboys($4,493,320)$66,281,672$61,788,352$99,896,580$95,403,260
Broncos($19,184,215)$56,732,111$37,547,896$123,263,979$104,079,764
Bills($24,105,795)$78,109,559$54,003,764$105,027,332$80,921,537
Dolphins($33,815,248)$88,556,985$54,741,737$140,061,325$106,246,077
Chargers($39,266,915)$40,545,327$1,278,412$120,511,533$81,244,618
Saints($81,065,312)$124,007,012$42,941,700$131,770,606$50,705,294