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 2025 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
LV
WAS
ARI
MIN
LAC
CHI
DET
SF
CIN
GB
PIT
LAR
TEN
NYG
DEN
JAX
IND
CAR
NYJ
PHI
BAL
TB
KC
HOU
DAL
ATL
SEA
BUF
MIA
CLE
NO
TeamEffective Cap SpaceSimple RestructurePossible Cap SpaceMaximum RestructurePossible Cap Space
Patriots$112,232,718$35,003,612$147,236,330$56,388,005$168,620,723
Raiders$85,766,761$55,740,124$141,506,885$79,739,010$165,505,771
Commanders$68,860,461$54,532,726$123,393,187$87,813,641$156,674,102
Cardinals$67,807,236$55,283,547$123,090,783$75,344,006$143,151,242
Vikings$55,694,188$95,787,066$151,481,254$114,543,050$170,237,238
Chargers$55,170,928$22,234,842$77,405,770$75,297,918$130,468,846
Bears$53,979,590$60,853,433$114,833,023$95,135,470$149,115,060
Lions$43,874,317$56,822,009$100,696,326$77,893,834$121,768,151
49ers$43,301,309$54,448,116$97,749,425$65,464,194$108,765,503
Bengals$43,156,846$27,665,173$70,822,019$93,294,651$136,451,497
Packers$39,074,742$55,550,015$94,624,757$78,826,645$117,901,387
Steelers$37,542,278$45,046,475$82,588,753$100,167,463$137,709,741
Rams$35,703,695$56,880,683$92,584,378$100,680,820$136,384,515
Titans$35,682,905$63,409,599$99,092,504$100,694,130$136,377,035
Giants$32,062,449$51,832,864$83,895,313$80,451,888$112,514,337
Broncos$31,576,265$47,874,816$79,451,081$72,850,531$104,426,796
Jaguars$24,646,447$43,761,640$68,408,087$68,545,986$93,192,433
Colts$24,363,995$54,095,845$78,459,840$117,736,290$142,100,285
Panthers$15,916,803$61,386,742$77,303,545$93,485,760$109,402,563
Jets$15,263,801$106,998,040$122,261,841$136,860,084$152,123,885
Eagles$13,865,825$63,641,379$77,507,204$75,811,602$89,677,427
Ravens$2,891,372$47,481,298$50,372,670$89,656,605$92,547,977
Buccaneers($893,382)$92,276,099$91,382,717$111,447,181$110,553,799
Chiefs($2,123,491)$83,210,155$81,086,664$127,288,124$125,164,633
Texans($2,913,879)$99,623,906$96,710,027$137,782,950$134,869,071
Cowboys($7,034,316)$85,876,490$78,842,174$122,877,956$115,843,640
Falcons($14,552,553)$63,392,097$48,839,544$146,133,254$131,580,701
Seahawks($16,746,604)$37,006,940$20,260,336$103,714,289$86,967,685
Bills($17,223,068)$75,714,264$58,491,196$108,131,506$90,908,438
Dolphins($17,455,531)$86,899,202$69,443,671$102,978,488$85,522,957
Browns($38,633,205)$77,246,968$38,613,763$95,755,790$57,122,585
Saints($59,508,803)$91,947,588$32,438,785$101,050,690$41,541,887