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What a time opt outs were for the Buffalo Bills, huh?
Over the course of a few hours, cornerback Tre’Davious White’s debate with the situation was a tough one for the team to worry about. It’s an understandable area of concern for White, but in the end, he decided he’s going to play.
The deadline for players to decided whether or not they planned to play in 2020 has come and passed. Still, even with White opting-in, the Bills were pinched a bit by this deadline as there were players to opt out of playing for Buffalo, plus, there were some new contract details factored into the Bills’ situation just prior to the deadline.
So when it was all said and done, the Bills ended up with $24.3 million in remaining salary cap space. According to ESPN’s Field Yates, that’s the eighth-most remaining in the NFL, so by comparison, the Bills are actually doing pretty well handling all the offseason curve balls the team has been dealt.
Helping the Bills get to this spot relating to opt-outs specifically were defensive tackle Star Lotulelei and cornerback EJ Gaines. Those were the two players on the Bills that decided not to play in 2020. In addition to those two, offensive lineman Brian Winters was signed by the Bills and wide receiver Stefon Diggs had some figures moved around in his contract, too.
But here’s a big twist: In terms of the AFC East, the Bills actually have the least amount of salary cap space left. Yeah… it’s true. Of the seven teams with more space than Buffalo, half are division rivals.
Here’s all their totals:
- Dolphins: $25.7M
- Jets: $29.3M
- Patriots: $33.4M
The Patriots currently have the second-most salary cap space in the league, squeezed between the Browns ($40.5M) and Washington ($30.6M). But that almost directly has to do with the number of opt-outs the Pats had prior to Thursday’s deadline, eight in total, the most of any team in the NFL.
It remains to be seen if and what Buffalo general manager Brandon Beane would do with his remaining salary cap space. Most would point to him using that for extensions with players already on the Bills roster.
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