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Originally Posted by ben voyonsdonc
I’m 99% sure that, as soon as you release a player, all of their guaranteed money (in Watson’s case all of his contract) hits the team’s books as dead cap space for that year.
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Correct - But when you trade a player their bonuses are (sometimes?) responsible for the team that is trading (you can't "trade" away pushed out 'cap' space )
I am wondering if this allows Cleveland to trade him post X date (I forget the important dates) and eat a 50 mil cap hit for example, and NE to then release (In this example) and eat the remaining 100 million cap hit
Would Clev trade their first rounder to get out from the contract? NE won't need the cap in 2025, and Kraft has enough real $$.
Seems weird to restructure at this point of the season just to "free" cap space for free agency next year. What was the rush