Buffalo Bills: 4 potential moves to use cap space after Stefon Diggs deal

The Buffalo Bills on Tuesday morning made a move to help their cap situation when they restructured star wide receiver Stefon Diggs’ deal. The move ultimately doesn’t impact Diggs too much but converting the base salary to a signing bonus created nearly $8 million in cap space.

This is a move that helps in the short term but also has significant long-term impacts as Diggs cap hits in 2022 and 2023 go up to over $17 million each season, according to Spotrac.

This increased cap hit shouldn’t be too tough to manage as the salary cap is expected to go up in future years. However, general manager Brandon Beane and the Bills don’t make this move without another move in mind.

The timing is also worth mentioning as June 1st is the time of the year where NFL teams could spread out any dead cap over two seasons. This is certainly a benefit for teams who have players with large dead cap numbers and it can help create more cap space this year.

The extra cap space is likely to be used this season and these are four moves that would make sense for the Buffalo Bills at this point in the offseason.