The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have restructured the contracts of Vincent Jackson and Carl Nicks to create approximately $18 million in 2013 cap space.

In both cases, the Buccaneers accelerated the process by giving roster bonuses for this year to replace guaranteed money for next year. 

Jackson got a $12.16 million roster bonus to push his cap figure for this year to $15.43 million. But his new base salary for 2013 will be $840,000 and his cap figure will drop to $3.472 million. 

Tampa Bay gave Nicks an $11.785 million roster bonus now and pushing his cap figure to $15.436 million for this year.