With the 2023 NFL Scouting Combine in the books, the Kansas City Chiefs now have a better idea of where they stand heading into a crucial juncture of the offseason. They’ve met with the representation of their key free agents and will be working hard to retain some of their players ahead of the start of the free agency period on March 15. In order to do so, however, they’ll need to clear some salary cap space. They have a number of different options to create salary cap space, including extending current contracts and releasing players from their contracts as well. Another option is to restructure contracts, converting base salary and/or roster bonus into a signing bonus. They can use this method with a number of different contracts, but doing so isn’t always the best option for the team.
Below you’ll find a quick look at the contracts that the Chiefs can restructure, an estimate of the maximum amount of cap space that can be cleared and an outlook on the likelihood of a restructure happening this offseason: