Rasul Douglas

Dolphins, CB Rasul Douglas Agree To Deal

August 26th, 2025 at 11:07pm CST by Adam La Rose

Frequent communication between Rasul Douglas and the Dolphins has produced a deal. The veteran cornerback is headed to Miami on a one-year contract, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports.

This pact is worth $3MM, Rapoport adds. A notable role in the secondary should await Douglas upon arrival despite the timing of this agreement. Cornerback has been an area of need all offseason, and the Dolphins somewhat surprisingly cut Mike Hilton yesterday.

Hilton expected to wind up in Miami this offseason, but after arriving he did not spend much time practicing with the starting defense. His release came about after Kendall Fuller was cut in the spring, a move which was eventually followed by the Jalen Ramsey trade. Kader Kohou and Artie Burns have since suffered season-ending injuries, leading to increased concern about the secondary for 2025. Douglas will aim to provide Miami with a veteran starting presence over the coming campaign.

The soon-to-be 30-year-old has been on the Dolphins’ radar for much of the offseason, so this agreement comes as little surprise. Douglas was dealt from the Packers to the Bills midway through the 2023 campaign, and he handled starting duties with Buffalo. No new Bills accord was worked out, however, and Douglas made it known earlier this offseason he did not foresee a return to Green Bay. Those factors pointed further to a Miami accord being worked out at some point, and with training camp and the preseason now finished that has proven to be the case.

Douglas has 80 starts and 120 appearances to his name, and he totaled 14 interceptions from 2021-23. He was held without a pick last season, but a return to form from the former third-rounder would be welcomed from the Dolphins. A strong campaign would help Miami’s defense for 2025 while also preventing a free agent stay deep into August next offseason.

AFC East Notes: Dolphins, Pats, Myers, Bills

July 30th, 2025 at 3:11pm CST by Sam Robinson

Zach Sieler is not holding in at Dolphins practice, but the veteran defensive lineman has let it be known he is seeking a new contract. Tied to a three-year, $30.75MM extension, Sieler has delivered a considerable return for the Dolphins by posting back-to-back 10-sack seasons — for a team decimated at the edge rusher positions.

“I do feel like I want to get,” Sieler said, via the Miami Herald’s Omar Kelly. “I do feel that respect coming. I think I’ve earned it. I know I’ve earned it.”

The interior defender, though, is signed for two more seasons. Dolphins GM Chris Grier has bent on a few occasions to extension-chasing players with more than a year left on their deals. Grier rewarded Xavien Howard, Tyreek Hill and Jalen Ramsey in doing so. The Howard and Ramsey decisions burned the Dolphins, as substantial dead money emerged following their respective exits. Sieler signed his extension shortly before the first of those 10-sack seasons. Set to turn 30 in September and sitting 31st in AAV among interior D-linemen, the former seventh-rounder is looking to capitalize on his performance and cash in while still in his prime.

Here is the latest from the AFC East:

The Dolphins brought in Mike Hilton and Jack Jones at cornerback, but they have lost Kader Kohou and Artie Burns for the season. Hilton had spoken with the Dolphins months ago. The former Steelers and Bengals slot corner expected to draw more interest, but he is now 31. He still expected to wind up in Miami, via ESPN.com’s Marcel Louis-Jacques.
Hilton arrived after multiple instances of Dolphins-Rasul Douglas negotiations. The Douglas talks would pertain more to Jones, who is an outside CB. Douglas remains in free agency after rejecting a Dolphins offer, The Exhibit’s Josina Anderson reports. Ranked behind veteran corners D.J. Reed, Byron Murphy, Carlton Davis and Charvarius Ward in PFR’s top 50, Douglas has been tied to the Dolphins and Seahawks and, per Anderson, has received more interest lately. It should be expected the soon-to-be 30-year-old DB signs somewhere soon, but his value will not approach the three-year, $21MM Packers deal he inked in 2022.
The Dolphins signed James Daniels after an Achilles tear, and they do not have top interior backup Liam Eichenberg available yet. The versatile O-lineman is weeks away from returning from the active/PUP list, Mike McDaniel said (via Jackson). McDaniel confirmed this issue is “not a season-ender.” The Dolphins re-signed Eichenberg (one year, $2.25MM) after seeing Isaiah Wynn miss all of last season due to a 2023 injury. Wynn is no longer on the roster, but second-round pick Jonah Savaiinaea is set to replace Eichenberg in Miami’s lineup.
Good news for the Patriots, who have seen their new DC (Terrell Williams) return to work at camp. A spring health scare sidelined Williams, but the Boston Sports Journal’s Mike Giardi notes he is back ahead of his first year as a coordinator.
Josh Myers did not see his four years of starter experience lead to a noteworthy free agency deal, reminding of Teven Jenkins‘ market. The four-year Packers center starter, who received just $2MM from the Jets, did say (via SNY’s Connor Hughes) the team informed him upon signing he would move into a center competition with incumbent Joe Tippmann. We heard during OTAs the Jets would put Tippmann — a 2023 second-round pick — in a position battle with Myers, and it is ongoing. Both players are ex-second-round picks, though Myers’ 56 starts better Tippmann’s 31. Pro Football Focus ranked Tippmann eighth last season, slotting Myers in 38th among centers. Two years remain on Tippmann’s rookie deal.
Vince Carter does not intend for his Bills ownership stake to bring a silent partnership role. “I’ve sat with the GM, president, owner, the big boss,” Carter said, via the Daytona News-Journal’s Chris Vinel. “I’ve sat with everybody, and we’ve had conversations, and I just listen and learn. I don’t just want to have a name on it. I want to be involved.” While Carter is unlikely to represent the Bills at any owners meetings, he is one of many to take advantage of the NFL loosening restraints on private equity ownership recently.

Dolphins Discussing Deal With CB Rasul Douglas; Latest On DT Zach Sieler

July 21st, 2025 at 11:57am CST by Adam La Rose

Cornerback remains an area of need for the Dolphins at the onset of training camp. Rasul Douglas is still a clear target for the team on the free agent market.

Douglas has been linked to Miami on multiple occasions this offseason. The eight-year veteran would offer the Dolphins a starting-caliber option in the wake of Kendall Fuller‘s release and the long-awaited trade which ended Jalen Ramsey‘s tenure in South Beach. To no surprise, then, Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald reports team and player remain in active contract discussions.

Douglas’ market has not seen many developments this offseason, one in which the Bills have moved forward without him. The 29-year-old does not anticipate a return to the Packers, but other suitors could see him as a worthwhile summer investment. Douglas and the Dolphins were not believed to be far apart in terms of finances earlier this month, so it would certainly be feasible for a deal to be struck soon.

Douglas has 80 starts to his name and he totaled 14 interceptions across the 2021, ’22 and ’23 seasons. The former third-rounder had a down year in Buffalo last season, something which will no doubt hurt his value on a new deal. The Dolphins are not in a position to afford a lucrative signing at the moment anyway, as they have roughly $2MM in cap space.

Another potential move to watch for regarding Miami is a potential Zach Sieler extension. The veteran defensive tackle is coming off his second straight 10-sack season and is thus a candidate for a raise on a new deal. Two years remain on Sieler’s contract with scheduled cap hits of $12.45MM and $14.75MM over that span. Regardless of what happens on the extension front, a training camp holdout will not take place in this case.

Agent Drew Rosenhaus said on Sunday (via Jackson) that Sieler will be in attendance for the start of training camp this week. When asked about participating in on-field work, he noted that will be a decision made internally amongst himself, Sieler and the Dolphins. Players angling for an extension often engage in a hold-in by attending training camp (and thus avoiding mandatory daily fines) but not taking part in practices until an agreement is reached.

A former seventh-round pick, Sieler has emerged as a vital member of the Dolphins’ defense during his time in Miami. The 29-year-old has seen his workload increase over each of the past four years, and he has operated as a full-time starter since 2022. In 2023, a $10.25MM-per-year extension was worked out; Sieler logged a full campaign in the first year after signing the pact and missed a pair of games last season. Durability should not be an issue during extension talks.

As the Ramsey situation illustrated in 2024, extending players early can wind up having negative effects (although his split with the team was based largely on a falling out with head coach Mike McDaniel). The Sieler situation could play out differently, of course, but it will be worth monitoring as the team explores at least one outside addition in the secondary.

Latest On Dolphins, CB Rasul Douglas

July 7th, 2025 at 1:37pm CST by Adam La Rose

The Dolphins have, as expected, moved on from cornerback Jalen Ramsey. The trade which sent him to Pittsburgh also included the departure of tight end Jonnu Smith.

Miami has already filled the TE vacancy by acquiring the unretired Darren Waller. As for the cornerback spot, however, it remains to be seen who will be brought in to help compensate for Ramsey’s departure (and, to a lesser extent, the earlier release of Kendall Fuller). The Dolphins have been linked to a few options still on the market, including Rasul Douglas.

The 29-year-old has been connected to a few suitors so far, Miami being among them. Douglas does not foresee a return to the Packers this summer, but any number of other teams could look to sign him ahead of training camp. The Dolphins will be worth watching on this front, but nothing is imminent at this time.

Finances are a key reason why that may change somewhat soon. Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald notes team and player have not been too far apart with respect to contract terms when they have been in contact with each other. As a result, he predicts a Douglas deal could still be worked out at some point this summer.

After being traded from the Packers to the Bills in 2023, Douglas operated as a full-time starter for Buffalo. The former third-rounder totaled 87 tackles and 13 pass deflections during his time there, although that spell included four touchdowns and a 122 passer rating allowed in coverage last season. Still, Douglas would offer Miami an experienced option on a cornerback depth chart filled with younger contributors.

The likes of Stephon Gilmore – who recently confirmed he intends to play a 14th NFL season – along with Mike Hilton, Asante Samuel Jr. and James Bradberry are also on the market at this point. Douglas is known to be a potential Miami target, with the same being true of Samuel and Bradberry. The Dolphins currently have nearly $14MM in cap space, so a one-year investment in Douglas or another veteran should be feasible. It will be interesting to see how the team’s summer free agent approach takes shape.

CB Rasul Douglas Does Not Anticipate Packers Reunion

June 23rd, 2025 at 12:50pm CST by Adam La Rose

Rasul Douglas is among the notable corners still unsigned at this point of the offseason. The ninth-year veteran’s next destination is unclear, but a return to the Packers should not be expected.

While responding on X to a fan’s question regarding a potential Green Bay reunion, Douglas made it clear he does not think that will happen. The 29-year-old played 36 games with the Packers during his tenure with the team, a run which came to an end when he was sent to the Bills ahead of the 2023 trade deadline. Douglas was a full-time starter in Buffalo, but he was not retained this spring.

The Seahawks lined up a free agent visit with Douglas in May, an indication of interest on the team’s part. No deal came of it, however. The former third-rounder is also known to be a potential Dolphins target as Miami prepares for a 2025 cornerback setup not featuring Jalen Ramsey. Alongside the likes of Kendall Fuller, Asante Samuel Jr. and Mike Hilton, Douglas will look to line up his next opportunity before NFL training camps open next month.

Talk of a Douglas return to Green Bay came about in the wake of the Jaire Alexander release. The Packers moved on from the two-time Pro Bowler after no trade partner could be found and a restructure could not be agreed to. Alexander’s absence leaves Green Bay without a full-time starter at the cornerback spot, but a move aimed at replacing him this summer should not be expected at this point.

Matt Schneidman of The Athletic writes an outside addition is not anticipated in the wake of Alexander’s release (subscription required). Green Bay has returnees Keisean Nixon and Carrington Valentine along with free agent addition Nate Hobbs atop the CB depth chart entering training camp. The team has also experimented with receiver Bo Melton at corner, although a full-time position change is not currently being planned.

The Packers find themselves near the top of the league in terms of spending power with over $35MM in cap space. An addition to their secondary would therefore be affordable, but pursuing one of the available options – especially Douglas – would come as a surprise.

Dolphins Interested In CB Asante Samuel Jr.; Rasul Douglas, James Bradberry On Radar

May 20th, 2025 at 1:00pm CST by Sam Robinson

Jalen Ramsey is still a member of the Dolphins, but a trade remains the expectation in that case. Moving on from the All-Pro will create a notable cornerback vacancy, and to no surprise a few free agent options are on the team’s radar.

The Dolphins have made contact with Asante Samuel Jr., Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald reports. He adds no formal visit is on the books at this point with no offer being made yet. Samuel is recovering from neck surgery, but the Dolphins are among the teams which will watch his situation closely over the coming weeks.

As Jackson confirms, Samuel is scheduled for a checkup in early July. Provided that goes well, the 25-year-old will likely not need to wait long to land a deal. He visited the Saints last week, and a Cardinals meeting also took place prior to the surgery. If a bidding war is to ensue, Miami will likely be involved (especially if Ramsey is on another team by that point).

Samuel is one of two corners to land among PFR’s top 50 free agents who remain unsigned. Rasul Douglas joins him, and the Dolphins had placed themselves in that market as well. Miami met with Douglas as well, extending an offer. No deal emerged, and Douglas then visited the Seahawks. The Dolphins, however, remain in touch with Douglas, Jackson adds.

James Bradberry also came up as a potential solution earlier this offseason, with Jackson indicating the Dolphins engaged in dialogue with the free agent. Bradberry will be unlikely to convince a team to spend much, as he is north of 30 (32 in August) and coming off a missed season. Prior to Bradberry’s summer Achilles tear, he had attempted to convert to safety. Eyeing a return to corner, Bradberry will attempt to recapture the form he displayed with the 2022 Eagles, as it catapulted him to a three-year, $38MM Philly deal in March 2023. The Bills also spoke with Bradberry, whom the Eagles designated a post-June 1 cut, this offseason.

These connections point both to a Ramsey separation coming to fruition — presumably after June 1 due to the extension the nine-year veteran signed last September — and the Dolphins being ready to supplement his unproven supporting cast. Miami has not seen much to indicate its second-round Cam Smith selection will pan out (153 career snaps), and the team did not draft a corner until Round 5 (Jason Marshall) this year. Former UDFAs Kader Kohou and Storm Duck remain in the mix. The Dolphins also signed former first-rounder Artie Burns as a depth piece, but if Ramsey is out of the picture, this looks like one of the more vulnerable position groups in the NFL.

Bradberry has made 124 starts during a nine-year career. Samuel has made 47, and while his injury-plagued 2024 has impacted his market, the second-generation NFL corner joins Douglas among the top free agents left. Douglas, 29, has made 80 career starts. Twenty-three of those came with the Bills since a 2023 deadline trade sent him to Buffalo, where the ex-Philadelphia draftee complemented Christian Benford for a Bills team that has continued to see its top corner unavailable in its biggest games. The Bills extended Benford, however, and used a first-round pick on Kentucky’s Maxwell Hairston to signal Douglas will need to find a new home.

The Dolphins released Kendall Fuller, but the CB market also houses Shaquill Griffin, Jack Jones, Cameron Sutton and Michael Davis as potential boundary options. Stephon Gilmore remains available as well, but the former Defensive Player of the Year is entering what would be his age-35 season. It is fairly clear Miami will make a move here, and it appears likely to happen before training camp.

Adam La Rose contributed to this post.

Seahawks To Meet With CB Rasul Douglas; Dolphins Submitted Offer

May 13th, 2025 at 1:32pm CST by Sam Robinson

1:32pm: Douglas’ name has also come up in Miami. A Dolphins team that appears all but certain to move on from Jalen Ramsey (perhaps via a post-June 1 trade) also met with Douglas, according to the Miami Herald’s Barry Jackson. Miami made an offer, Jackson adds, but it is clear the proposal did not impress Douglas. The eight-year veteran is still looking into his options, but it appears the longstanding free agent has a couple.

The Dolphins did not address corner in the draft until the fifth round, and they have not seen 2023 second-rounder Cam Smith show much. The team appears almost certain to add one of the veterans still available, and Douglas is among the best of the bunch. It should be expected the recent Buffalo first-stringer will land a gig by training camp.

1:02pm: The Seahawks’ cornerback search includes multiple names. After the team met about a reunion with Shaquill Griffin, a higher-profile option has since emerged.

Rasul Douglas is visiting the Seahawks on Tuesday, NFL.com’s Tom Pelissero tweets. Part of PFR’s top 50 free agent list, Douglas could not secure a deal on the level of third-contract-seeking cornerback peers Carlton Davis, D.J. Reed, Byron Murphy and Charvarius Ward in March. Douglas, who spent the past 1 1/2 seasons with the Bills, joins a host of starter-level corners still in free agency.

Our March free agency preview posed that the cutoff line for the late-20-something batch of corners may well be Douglas, who checked in as the oldest of those options. That ended up happening, as Davis, Murphy, Reed and Ward all landed deals worth at least $16MM per year on Day 1 of the legal tampering period. A journeyman who stabilized his career in Green Bay, Douglas ended up in Buffalo at the 2023 trade deadline. The Bills have effectively moved on, having extended Christian Benford and used a first-round pick on Kentucky’s Maxwell Hairston.

While Douglas undoubtedly generated early-free agency interest, it is fairly clear his market did not pan out on the level of his top peers’. The Packers gave Douglas a three-year, $21MM deal in 2022; he ended up playing that out in Buffalo, operating as a starter opposite Benford. While the latter has now run into injuries that prevented him from facing the Chiefs in the playoffs in back-to-back years, Douglas was on the field for both those January contests.

Set to turn 30 in August, Douglas will attempt to relaunch his market via this visit. The former Eagles draftee has not been closely tied to any other teams since free agency started, but teams have a better idea of their veteran needs after the draft. The Seahawks’ 11-man draft class did not include a corner, leading John Schneider to indicate more help will be sought there.

Free agents signed at this point in the offseason also do not count toward the 2026 compensatory formula. Considering Douglas’ experience level and likely price range, he profiles as a player who should draw more interest without any comp-pick component factoring into the process.

Douglas played better in 2023 compared to 2024, posting an unsustainable 38.6 passer rating in coverage in nine Bills outings that year. Last season, that number spiked to 122.0. Pro Football Focus ranked Douglas 102nd among CB regulars in 2024. Douglas’ run of NFL relevance dates back to him playing 48% of the Eagles’ defensive snaps as a rookie, Philadelphia’s Super Bowl LII-winning season, and he reignited his career with a run in place of an injured Jaire Alexander in 2021. Douglas intercepted 14 passes from 2021-23, and after the 6-foot-2 cover man proved ill-fitting in the slot to start the ’22 season, he has worked primarily as a boundary defender since.

With Devon Witherspoon patrolling the slot in Seattle, the team would seemingly be in need of a perimeter defender opposite Riq Woolen. Griffin, Kendall Fuller, Jack Jones and Michael Davis are available. So is Stephon Gilmore, though it is not yet known if the 34-year-old standout wishes to play a 14th season. Gilmore considered retirement following the Vikings’ season.

Bills See RB James Cook As Core Player; Team Plans To Bolster CB Group In Offseason

February 9th, 2025 at 12:44pm CST by Rory Parks

The Bills see running back James Cook as a “big part” of their future, as Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network reported last month (video link). That is hardly surprising, as Cook has posted a robust 4.9 yards-per-carry average over his first three years in the NFL and led the league in rushing touchdowns (16) in 2024.

Because Cook, a 2022 draftee, is now eligible for an extension, it would be fair to expect Buffalo to engage in contract discussions with the two-time Pro Bowler’s camp this offseason (especially since he is a former second-round pick and does not have a fifth-year option included in his rookie deal). The problem, as Rapoport observes, is that Cook is just one of a number of talented young players whose contract situations may need to be addressed in short order.

Like Cook, linebacker Terrel Bernard, center Connor McGovern, cornerback Christian Benford, and edge defender Gregory Rousseau are all entering platform years, and Rapoport identifies that quintet as a group that could be in line for a new deal. GM Brandon Beane could deploy the franchise tag on one of those players next offseason if need be, but he will still have plenty of work to do to keep a championship-caliber core intact.

Indeed, despite the Bills’ inability to get over a Kansas City-sized hump in the AFC playoff field, Beane understandably is not going to overhaul his roster. In his end-of-season presser following another difficult playoff defeat at the hands of the Chiefs several weeks ago, Beane said he and his staff will “reset” and “recalibrate” as the Bills seek to advance to the Super Bowl for the first time since the 1993 campaign (via Alex White and Maddy Glab of the team’s official website, who also name WR Khalil Shakir as a rising fourth-year pro who might be the target of extension talks).

Part of Beane’s offseason plan will almost certainly include negotiations with at least some members of Buffalo’s 2026 free agent class, but Beane naturally indicated he will first attend to the players who are due to hit the open market next month. That list includes players like midseason trade acquisition Amari Cooper – whose disappointing Buffalo stint did not foreclose the possibility of a new contract keeping the high-profile wideout in western New York – and cornerback Rasul Douglas.

Beane said he will not bloat the Bills’ salary cap picture with expensive contracts in an effort to slay their playoff demons, which is perhaps an indication that Buffalo will once again avoid the deep end of the free agent pool. However, he did concede that he will need to address the team’s outside cornerback position in some way.

The Bills’ lack of depth in that regard was on full display when Benford was injured in the first quarter of this year’s AFC Championship Game against the Chiefs and was lost for the remainder of the contest. That depth will become even more of a concern if the team does not re-sign Douglas.

“Whether it’s extending guys, signing a free agent, or draft allocation, [boundary corner] is one of the areas we would look at,” Beane said.

Underlying all of this is the fact that the Bills could look to give quarterback and newly-minted MVP Josh Allen a pay bump. If such a raise comes as part of an extension or restructure, it could allow the team to reduce Allen’s $43MM cap charge for 2025 and improve their salary cap situation (at present, OverTheCap.com estimates that Buffalo is roughly $14MM over the 2025 cap, the third-worst situation in the league).

AFC East Rumors: Douglas, Saleh, Reddick

June 8th, 2024 at 10:00pm CST by Ely Allen

Bills cornerback Rasul Douglas was able to clear up a bit of cap space for the team with a restructure in March, but he likely would’ve preferred to receive an extension as he heads into a contract year. The veteran cornerback has been absent from all offseason workouts so far this year, causing some to speculate about a holdout over his contract.

According to Tim Graham of The Athletic, Douglas’ absence isn’t due to contract issues. There’s no further information to tell us whether the absence is injury-related or not, but there don’t appear to be any contact concerns for Douglas in Buffalo. Douglas provided a huge boost to an injury-riddled defense in 2023, and his significant contributions should set him up for a nice contract in the future.

While that contract hasn’t been a focus so far this offseason, it doesn’t appear that the lack of prospects for a new deal are keeping Douglas away.

Here are a couple of other rumors coming out of the AFC East:

We continue to see rumors tying Jets head coach Robert Saleh to a larger role in the offense in 2024, reducing the role of offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett. We’ve started seeing examples of this in organized team activities as Saleh is spending increased time overseeing the offense in practice and has been more vocal in quarterback meetings, per Ben Volin of the Boston Globe. With an 18-33 record through three seasons as head coach in New York, Saleh, a former defensive coordinator, is doing whatever it takes to make sure he’s still there after Year 4.
The Jets essentially exchanged pass rushers with the Eagles this offseason, trading for Haason Reddick while allowing Bryce Huff to depart in free agency. Despite Huff delivering a 10-sack season for the Jets last year, the team didn’t view him as an every-down player. According to ESPN’s Rich Cimini, New York is so confident that Reddick will be that guy for them that they took on an expiring contract and even traded away John Franklin-Myers to the Broncos to ensure Reddick has the opportunity to shine. After failing to land an extension with the Eagles, Reddick will attempt to show just how much he’s worth with the Jets in 2024.

Bills Restructure Von Miller, Rasul Douglas

March 6th, 2024 at 11:03pm CST by Ely Allen

The Bills remained the busiest team in the NFL this Wednesday as they made a litany of moves to adjust their salary cap heading into the new league year.

While much of that came in the releases of Jordan Poyer, Mitch Morse, Nyheim Hines, Deonte Harty, and Siran Neal, as well as the planned post June-1 release of Tre’Davious White, they were able to open up even more cap space today by restructuring the contracts of veteran pass rusher Von Miller and cornerback Rasul Douglas.

Miller, 34, was a shadow of his former self in 2023. Rotating in behind Gregory Rousseau, Leonard Floyd, A.J. Epenesa, and Shaq Lawson, Miller was mostly a nonfactor on the Bills defense. While eight sacks in 2022 seemed worth the massive six-year, $120MM contract he signed to come to Buffalo, Miller’s ineffectiveness in the wake of his ACL recovery made a restructure all but necessary. According to Field Yates of ESPN, the Bills converted $7MM of his base salary (originally worth $17.15MM) into a signing bonus and $8.65MM more into incentives. Miller’s new base salary is $1.5MM for 2024, but he will reportedly be able to make up to $20MM. The move clears $8.65MM of cap space.

Douglas, a midseason trade acquisition this past season, was a welcome addition to the secondary, but Buffalo felt a need to offset some of his 2024 cap hit, which was scheduled to be nearly $10MM. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports that the team converted $1.5MM of Douglas’ 2024 base salary, as well as a $2MM roster bonus, into a signing bonus. Buffalo also added three void years in order to spread out cap into later years. In doing so, the Bills were able to clear up another $2.5MM of cap space.

Jay Skurski of The Buffalo News had the honor or keeping track of all the team’s financial moves today, noting the changes to a cap number that started the day around $41MM over the league’s $255.4MM salary cap. Between the restructures of Miller and Douglas and the releases of Poyer, Morse, Hines, Harty, and Neal, the Bills were able to clear approximately $37.1MM of their $41MM deficit. They should get an additional boost of over $10MM from the post June-1 release of White and more from the trade of offensive lineman Ryan Bates, but that will be needed to counteract the recent moves to extend safety Taylor Rapp and guard David Edwards and sign quarterback Mitchell Trubisky and punter Matt Haack.

The Bills were much busier than any other team in the NFL today. They’ll likely continue to adjust here and there with free agency and the draft on the horizon. For now, though, no one can say they aren’t making efforts to get under the league’s new salary cap.

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