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(03-03-2025, 10:20 PM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: For Higgins, yes. For Chase? IDK. I am not a conract wiz, but I lean towards no. His number for this year ($21.7) is well below what an extension will be on APY, and we'll surely want to pro-rate that large signing bonus into this year. Ditto Hendrickson. It does depend on the structure. 

But it won't add a ton this year. Say $10-$15 mil for both. NEXT year is another matter. 

A Burrow restructure can yield $19 mil in space. Hubbard + Moss + Volson another $15. We are pushing $80 mil in space ($78). Take 4 for the PS, and 2 for getting to 53 instead of 51, and you are at $76 mil. 

Take $15 off (wotst case), and we are staring at $60 mil to sign FA. Be it our own (Gesicki, Hill, Hilton, Ossai, T. Brown, Ford, Hudson) or bring help in (Cappa replacement, DT, DE, LB, S, etc). 

And Pratt, Stone, McPherson, and Burton still have jobs. And Tee is baked in. 

I may be wrong,but they could easily give Chase a huge bonus and push the cap down the road. If they give him a 40 million bonus, they could wait until 2026 or 2027 to activate the bonus portion applied towards the cap.

If they give Chase a 40 million dollar bonus, they could give him a salary of 10 million for example and the cap is still just 10 million verus 21.6 in 2025. My guess the cash at signing or guaranteed portion is the delay getting it done.