Buffalo Bills likely to restructure WR DJ Moore’s contract after trade
Buffalo Rumblings • • sports
Key Points:
- The Buffalo Bills are trading a 2026 second-round pick to the Chicago Bears to acquire wide receiver DJ Moore, but must free up significant salary cap space to complete the deal.
- Before the trade, the Bills were projected to be about $7 million over the cap, and Moore’s $24.5 million 2026 cap charge would increase the deficit to roughly $31.5 million.
- To manage the cap impact, the Bills plan to restructure Moore’s contract by converting most of his $23.485 million base salary into a signing bonus, reducing his immediate 2026 cap hit to approximately $7.5 million.
- This restructuring would free about $17 million in 2026 cap space by spreading the
