(02-25-2023, 01:14 PM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(02-25-2023, 11:10 AM)Eric1 Wrote: https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1629495354742939656

I looked at his contract, and I don't see how they could have created that much cap space with a restructure, unless they also did an extension.

They did an extension but it was only voidable years.  Of his $14M base for 2023 they converted $12.9 of that into a bonus which pushes $10.3M of cap hit into future years.  Added 3 voidable years beyond the original contract end date.  If we were going to release him after the end of the 2023 season he would have been a $4M cap hit, now will be $14M.  If he plays out his final year in 2024, he'll still be on our cap for $7.7M for the 2025 year.

We have tons of room looking at our 2024 cap and beyond.  But admittedly I think this restructure is a little odd.  Pushes more money out into future years than I would want to do although I know I'm a little more conservative.  I feel like it is a unnecessary but perhaps there are a lot of moves they know they want to make this offseason (Engram, Taylor, Arden) and they are trying to push out as much as possible.

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