Roster Bonuses & the Cap

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(02-02-2021, 01:24 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: Lot of talk that cap will be 175 million versus 210 million projected one year ago. If so, many teams did not prepare for a major reduced salary cap in 2021 so decisions will have to be made,

https://overthecap.com/contract-triggers-calendar/

It appears player contracts activate the roster bonus portion based on their contract, but all by the start of free agency and the new league year.

Very soon we may start seeing cap casualties. No team wants to pay a roster bonus if they are not certain, they can honor the rest of the contract or negotiate a new one. A cut player does not count when calculating comp. picks so no impact on the future potential draft comp. picks.

Teams like the Bengals who did a great job managing the cap (did not do a lot else well) should benefit in 2021.

I think this may be huge year for Bengals in FA.

Thoughts?

I'm sorry but I find it hard to believe that the cap actually exists when the saints are projected to be 112 million dollars over the cap next year.  Some real fishy shit going on in the NFL