Cash-saving contract restructures that could save the Bills cap space in 2022

The Buffalo Bills are right up against the 2022 NFL salary cap and will need to shed some salary in order to sign free agents. In addition to just straight up cutting guys and signing players to contract extensions to spread out hits, the Bills are going to be able to approach some players to take a pay cut. They have done this in the past with great success and it’s become part of their standard operating procedure.

Let’s run down a list of prime candidates.

Cole Beasley

$7.6 million cap hit

Beasley has one year remaining on his deal signed in 2019 and he’s coming off one of the more disappointing seasons of his career. He’s still valuable to the team and with Emmanuel Sanders and Isaiah…