Buffalo Bills
Capped outBuffalo Bills are carrying $96.9M in dead money this year — cap already spent on players no longer on the roster. They project $37.8M OVER the 2027 cap before signing a single player — restructures, extensions or cuts are required to get compliant. The decisions that shape it: Josh Allen ($56.1M), D.J. Moore ($28.9M), Ed Oliver ($28.4M) top the 2027 book.
Cap trajectory
Projected space, next three years
2026+$3.9M
$297.2M committed
2027−$37.8M
$364.8M committed
2028+$11.7M
$340.3M committed
Space is OTC's projection against a projected future cap. Negative = over the line before any new signings.
Decision watch-list
Biggest 2027 cap hits
| Josh Allen | $56.1M |
| D.J. Moore | $28.9M |
| Ed Oliver | $28.4M |
| Dion Dawkins | $25.0M |
| Gregory Rousseau | $23.3M |
| Spencer Brown | $22.6M |
Ranked by cap hit — the contracts that drive the restructure-or-cut call. Per-player cut-savings math isn't modeled yet.