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Lions sign OL Halapoulivaati Vaitai (5 year, $50 M)


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Detroit converted the remaining $1.335 million of Vaitai’s 2021 base salary into an immediate signing bonus. With the way the bonus amortizes over the remaining three seasons on Vaitai’s five-year deal, the move frees up $1 million in cap room for the rest of this season. It bumps up the contractual hit on Vaitai’s deal to just over $302,000 for each remaining year.

https://lionswire.usatoday.com/2021/12/28/lions-restructure-halapoulivaati-vaitai-contract-salary-cap-room-savings/

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6 hours ago, Louis Friend said:

It's to help pay for all the players called up due to covid. Not a bad option and won't really impact Vaitai moving forward. 

who has played well as the right guard and has also served as an invaluable mentor to rookie right tackle Penei Sewell.

This was an interesting quote in the article. I was not aware of this.  I hope to see a lot more of this from other players as the team is going to be getting a lot younger over the next couple of years.

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