After making a few in-house moves, the Denver Broncos are now set to create some additional salary cap space.
The Broncos are restructuring the contract of guard Quinn Meinerz. The Denver Post‘s Luca Evans first reported that a restructure was likely on the way on Sunday evening. That news was later confirmed by the Denver Gazette‘s Chris Tomasson.
If the Broncos convert Meinerz’s $16.85 million base salary into a signing bonus, it will spread the total over the remaining years on his contract, freeing up $11.7 million in 2026 cap space. That gives the team a lot more cap flexibility, and there’s no downside for Meinerz, who gets paid the same amount, just sooner.
Denver could do this multiple times. If they maxed out their simple restructuring possibilities, the Broncos could create more than $71 million in extra cap space, according to estimates from OverTheCap.com. Meinerz is the first. He might not be the last. The NFL’s free agency negotiating window opens on Monday.
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