Just A Simple Question Regarding This Year's FA

[Murdock2420]

(03-23-2022, 04:13 PM)GodFather Wrote: Where the hell are these NFL teams getting all this money to sign multiple players to huge contracts.


I see what the Bengals cap space is and money leftover from last season and other teams going to town that aren't in as good of a position and pulling these crazy high money contracts.

Crazy...

It's all about the structure of the contract and how much of it actually counts against the cap in any given season.

Contracts can be back-loaded, with big signing bonuses that are spread across the life of the contract, making the first few seasons easy to deal with and then tougher each season after, which leads to kicking the can down the road again with a "re-structuring of the deal." 

Add into that, performance based bonuses that can be added that don't count against the cap at all and well...a team can manipulate a contract if they are willing to put in the work and careful wording and getting the player to agree to certain terms.