(03-14-2022, 05:20 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote: I'm starting a thread for Kirk.  I love how this contract is.  We can get out after year 2 with only a 1 mil dead cap hit.  Almost all of his guaranteed money is in the 1st 2 years.  Great job by Ballke on how he did the contract.  His contract  is 37 mil guaranteed


https://twitter.com/MikeGarafolo/status/...cdOxkH1OyQ

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/jacksonville...irk-25146/

That's not how signing bonuses and dead money work.

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To clarify, the signing bonus is spread out over the life of the contract. If we get out after year 2 of a 4 year deal, there will still be $10 million of the $20 million signing bonus unaccounted for that would immediately go against our cap. To be honest though, the cap goes up pretty significantly each year except the pandemic outbreak season so it's not that big a deal either way.

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