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USAT: Bills Wire

Mar 8, 2022

- - - The NFL officially has confirmed what the 2022 salary cap will be for the league. It has reached the ceiling. - The NFL and players association previously agreed upon a $208.2 million salary cap “ceiling” in May 2021. That was during a different time as far as the COVID-19 pandemic is concerned. - Now that ceiling has been reached as the league confirmed that the cap for next season would be that $208.2M figure. - Overall, that’s an increase of $25.7M for each team. - During the COVID-19 pandemic, the NFL and NFLPA agreed to a large drop in the salary cap due to fans previously not being allowed to attend games causing revenue drops. - Now things are back on track. Prior to that, for many years, the salary cap would traditionally increase each season. - But now onto the next question: What does this mean for the Buffalo Bills? - According to Spotrac, the Bills are still slightly over the cap. Their figures indicate Buffalo currently being $3.91M over it. - Despite that number, the Bills have the 24th most amount of cap space in the NFL so there are several other teams in worse positions. - Worth noting, the Bills might actually be a bit more in the red than currently being reported. Buffalo general manager Brandon Beane said via WGR-550 radio his team is $6.6M over the cap currently. Publicly reported it’s only $3.91M, but it could be slightly more. - Next week on March 14, the league’s free agency period opens. Expect Buffalo general manager Brandon Beane to start making a few decisions on players before then in order to increase the salary cap space for his team. - In recent days, wide receiver Cole Beasley has requested to be traded. Whether dealt or cut, Beasley create $4.6M in additional cap space for the Bills. - That might be the start of a few moves en route. Stay tuned to Bills Wire for all the latest updates likely to follow in the coming days. - - RelatedBills meet with top specialist at combine Matt AraizaContract details for Bills DB Siran Neal's extensionBills named among 'options' for pending Chargers free agent Uchenna Nwosu - - - - - - - - - - - - Email - - - - - Sign up - - - - - - - - Like this article? - Sign up for the Bills Wire email newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning - - - - An error has occured - - - Please re-enter your email address. - - - - - - Thanks for signing up! - - - You'll now receive the top Bills Wire stories each day directly in your inbox.

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