Great Breakdown of Tee Higgins deal

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(03-23-2025, 12:12 PM)Synric Wrote: The Brown just handed Deshaun Watson another large lump sums to lower the cap hits so they could make Garrett the highest paid non-qb (for a week). Dead Cap and the Salary Cap are manipulated by large lump sums allowing teams to spend well over the salary cap.

(03-23-2025, 12:22 PM)NUGDUKWE Wrote: Yeah i don't want to do what the Browns did. But the picks given up is what hurt them. They still haven't had to deal with any financial repercussions. 

I guess we'll just disagree on the assertion that dead cap doesn't hurt a team.
Watson "only" costs them $32 Mil this year due to restructure while he rehabs, but in 2026 he'll cost $82 Mil and will cost them $88 Mil over the next 3 years when he's not even on the team. 

The amount owed just doesn't disappear. A multi-Billionaire like Haslam can free up a little each year (something a millionaire like Mike Brown cannot do) but the team still owes it and it hurts if the player is not producing