Buffalo Rumblings · Mar 10, 2021
How the Buffalo Bills can save cap space by trimming veterans
How much salary cap space can the Buffalo Bills save by cutting Player X? It’s a question I am getting a lot this year because of the constricted salary cap. Here’s a rundown from highest to lowest of the players on the roster that could be cut to save salary cap space. (Some figures were rounded to the nearest $100,000.)
WR John Brown ($7.9 million)
DE Jerry Hughes ($7.3 million)
DT Vernon Butler ($6.8 million)
DT Quinton Jefferson ($6.5 million)
DE Mario Addison ($6.1 million)
C Mitch Morse ($4.8 million)
WR Cole Beasley ($4.4 million)
LB Tyler Matakevich ($3.3 million)
LB A.J. Klein ($2.4 million)
TE Lee Smith ($2.25 million)
CB Taron Johnson ($2.1 million)
DT Harrison Phillips ($1 million)
