Tee Higgins going foward.

[*Go Cards*]

(03-26-2022, 11:40 PM)Whatever Wrote: The Chiefs really got stuck because they are a team that relies heavily on restructuring deals to clear cap space.  That works fine when your highest paid guys are in the early years of their contracts, but the needed to go to Hill to get an extension done because he was in a contract year.  Hill put them over the barrel and told them he wanted Adams money or he wouldn't sign an extension.  Teams have to be careful in managing their cap like that, because they give their players(and the agents) a ton of power.  Mahomes deal is basically made to restructure and push cap dollars into future years.  If he's not happy, though, he can simply refuse and demand a trade once his cap number has ballooned enough.

GB allegedly offered Adams more money than LV.  He just wanted to be a Raider.

Very happy the Bengals have not done this sort of structuring and hope they don't start when Burrow and Chase need signed.