How do extensions work?

[Luvnit2]

(02-01-2023, 04:07 PM)casear2727 Wrote: I get what you are saying but dont understand a few items...

You said Tee is a 4M cap hit in 2023 which is correct: 3M salary and 1M signing bonus payment, but you have him as $1M and $10M bonus payment in 2023?
You said extend him for 5 years and you only listed 4 extension years. 
2025 would be a $20M cap hit right?

Technically it is a 4 year extension, his last year 2023 is being. restructured. If you look at my example the bonus of 50 million + the salary of 45 million = 95 million. But, it is also not all guaranteed.

This is a less complex version of what you presented. Our OP hopefully now has a better idea of how the team can restructure deals. I looked at R. Smith LB of the Ravens and he has a lower cap hit in the early years of his deal, but then high cap numbers. I was shocked they redid his deal prior to doing Jackson's deal. The issue the Ravens have with Jackson is it will be hard to keep his cap number low in the early years and also he wants high guaranteed money.