The Buffalo Bills are still a cash-strapped team heading into the 2024 NFL season, but on Friday, the news came out that the NFL’s salary cap for this season will be a league-record $255.4 million, a much higher figure than was originally anticipated.
Today’s edition of Buffalo Rumblinks examines the new salary cap figure and why this is good news for the Bills and their general manager, Brandon Beane, who gets a little help as he tries to fine-tune the roster.
NFL salary cap higher than anticipated
Many NFL experts thought the 2024 salary cap would come in around $242 million, so it was a pleasant surprise for Bills fans to hear the news that the cap will climb by more than $30 million from last year to a record-high of $255.