Buffalo Bills were Top 5 highest spenders in free agency in 2022
The Buffalo Bills entered this offseason near the bottom of the league in salary cap space however that didn’t stop general manager Brandon Beane and the team would finish fifth in the NFL in total spending according to Over the Cap.
They would end up signing 21 players, which was tied for fourth in the league, for a total of $182,975,000. The primary reason they ranked as high as they did was the contract given to Von Miller which was a six-year deal worth $120 million.
Contract details are important for the Buffalo Bills
While the Buffalo Bills would end up being near the top of the league in spending, they also tried their best to find bargains to help this team. They have the 11th lowest average per year at just over $3 million due to a number of one-year deals to players like Jamison Crowder, O.J. Howard, Shaq Lawson, and Jordan Phillips.
In fact of the free agents signed this offseason, only three players were signed to multi-year deals which included Miller, and defensive tackles DaQuan Jones and Tim Settle.
In the NFL, one of the main numbers to look at with contracts is the guarantees, and the Buffalo Bills this offseason gave out the seventh most in guarantees at $86.5 million. This means that of the total contract value, less than half of that is guaranteed and should give the team more flexibility in future years to create cap space without a lot of dead cap.
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During his time with the Buffalo Bills, Brandon Beane has proven time and again that he is one of the top general managers in the league. This offseason may end up being one of the best in his career by the way he was able to maneuver to make the deals he did with the cap space he had.