The Baltimore Ravens reportedly restructured defensive linemen Brandon Williams’ contract, per ESPN’s Field Yates.
Source: the Ravens converted $7.5M of NT Brandon Williams’ $8.5M 2018 base salary into a signing bonus, creating $5.625M in cap space for 2018.
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) March 15, 2018
As Yates notes, this move creates $5.625 in cap space for Baltimore, immediately. The consequences of this move are that his cap hit for the following seasons will increase. For a team extremely tight on cap space, this move may have been necessary.