Browns Salary Cap Maneuvering Continues With Jed Wills Restructure

The salary cap gymnastics continue for Browns general manager Andrew Berry.

On Friday, just five days until the opening free agency, Berry converted $13.05 million of starting left tackle Jedrick Wills' fifth-year option into a restructure bonus. The move creates more then $10.4 million in cap space for Cleveland ahead of the new league year.

Berry added one additional void year to the end of Wills contract in order to spread the newly converted bonus money over four total voided years for book keeping purposes. That means Wills will play the last year of his rookie deal costing the Browns a mere $4.1 million against their cap this season.

Just last week Berry utilized the same maneuver with top cornerback Denzel Ward, converting $14.1 million of Ward's base salary number into a signing bonus money and prorating it out over a five year span, including a voided year on the back end. That opened up $11 million of cap space and officially brought Cleveland back into the black for the 2024 offseason.

With Wills restructure now factored in, the Browns are slated to be about $13 million under the cap at the moment.