Worst Contracts on each team

[CJD]

(01-20-2022, 11:00 AM)WeezyBengal Wrote: Someone said that Awuzie and maybe Hendrickson was it? had options in their contract to where they could walk after this year...is that true?

So, I'm not sure if it was mentioned officially at any given time. What I suspect is that maybe people saw the note on the Spotrac pages for their contracts.

Trey Hendrickson's Spotrac Page
Chidobe Awuzie's Spotrac Page

You can see it says "Potential Out: 2022 1 YR" and it lists the dead cap if the contract were to be terminated.


I am pretty sure that line item's only purpose is to point out when would be a good time to cut a player. For example, Trey Hendrickson's dead cap if he were cut in 2021 is $19,800,000. Awuzie's is $8,850,000.

If you cut either of them after the 2021 season, the dead cap drops to only $7,500,000 and $3,000,000, respectively.

So I think Spotrac is noting when that dead cap number drops by a certain percentage such that cutting a player is considered "worth it."

Another example of this is actually Trae Waynes' contract.

Trae Waynes' Spotrac Page

You can see that if they cut Waynes in 2020, his dead cap would be $20,000,000.
If they cut Waynes in 2021, his dead cap would see be $20,800,000.

However, if you cut him after 2021, his dead cap is only $5,000,000.

I don't think any of those "outs" mean that the player can just leave their contract. I think they're just notes for when would be a "wise" time to cut the player if they underperform.

I may be wrong, but that's how I interpret those out notes. I don't think Awuzie or Hendrickson can opt out of their contracts, Castellanos style.

Other examples are Reader's contract and Mixon's Contract
https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/dj-reader-19120/
https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/joe-mixon-21789/

They each list outs after 2021, but it's where their dead cap drops from 21M to 8M and 16M to 8M, respectively.

So I don't think we have to worry about Awuzie leaving the team after 1 year or anything like that. We'll find out in the off season though, I guess XD. I've looked everywhere for an article that mentions that as a possibility and haven't seen anything. If it were a possibility, I would expect someone to comment on it after the year he's had.