As the Buffalo Bills enter the 2025 offseason, the organization faces critical roster decisions. NFL teams must have their top 51 players under the salary cap by the start of the new league year: March 12th at 4pm. With the NFL’s salary cap projected at $275 million (per Spotrac), the Bills are approximately $12 million over the cap.
An analysis of the Bills’ 2025 salary cap situation identifies several potential moves to clear cap space. Organizations can release players, restructure a player’s contract, trade a player, and extend eligible players – all which could potentially result in current cap savings, but almost all moves also carry with it dead cap, to be realized now or in the future.