abstract_thought Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Madmike90 said: His contract is voidable so saves you $2.5 million if you cut him in June...cut him now and it costs you $5 million. He signed a 1 year deal with 2 void years. Which means he's only on the roster for 1 year, then becomes a UFA. But his bonus money is spread across 3 years for salary cap purposes. The cap hits from all void years hit the cap as soon as the contract voids. Unless the Bears extend him, he'll carry a 5M cap hit next season. Bears can't get rid of that. They can't cut him because he's not even under contract. Bears will be doing the same thing with Graham (~4.7M), Ifedi (1.5M), and James (~0.5M) next season. Edited December 9, 2021 by abstract_thought 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmike90 Posted December 9, 2021 Author Share Posted December 9, 2021 1 hour ago, abstract_thought said: He signed a 1 year deal with 2 void years. Which means he's only on the roster for 1 year, then becomes a UFA. But his bonus money is spread across 3 years for salary cap purposes. The cap hits from all void years hit the cap as soon as the contract voids. Unless the Bears extend him, he'll carry a 5M cap hit next season. Bears can't get rid of that. They can't cut him because he's not even under contract. Bears will be doing the same thing with Graham (~4.7M), Ifedi (1.5M), and James (~0.5M) next season. I'm just going off overthecaps interactive tool...you designate him as a post June 1st cut and it saves you $2.5 million...I just haven't seen that site be wrong before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abstract_thought Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 (edited) 33 minutes ago, Madmike90 said: I'm just going off overthecaps interactive tool...you designate him as a post June 1st cut and it saves you $2.5 million...I just haven't seen that site be wrong before. Yea, the cap tables get quirky with void years. You can’t even “cut” Dalton after June 1st because his contract voids on Feb 23 and he becomes a free agent. Unfortunately the Bears are out about 12M in cap space due to contracts that void this offseason. That’s the price of making everything fit under the cap this year. Edited December 9, 2021 by abstract_thought 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmike90 Posted December 9, 2021 Author Share Posted December 9, 2021 11 minutes ago, abstract_thought said: Yea, the cap tables get quirky with void years. You can’t even “cut” Dalton after June 1st because his contract voids on Feb 23 and he becomes a free agent. Unfortunately the Bears are out about 12M in cap space due to contracts that void this offseason. That’s the price of making everything fit under the cap this year. I guess we will see how it plays out then...lot of very good accountants in the NFL as we have seen over the years 😂... Either way next year has to be a rest year for us in terms of our draft capital and cap so I tried to stay away from any really expensive free agents and focus on role guys which is something I would expect from McDaniels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulman Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Madmike90 said: I'm just going off overthecaps interactive tool...you designate him as a post June 1st cut and it saves you $2.5 million...I just haven't seen that site be wrong before. AT is correct. You can't release a player whose no longer under contract. Void years are simply a cap management tool that don't impact current contract status. Once the current contract expires the player is a FA and no longer on the roster and you can't release a player you no longer have under contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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