2017 Redskins Salary Cap Status

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Originally Posted by KI Skins Fan

If the Skins sign Kirk Cousins to a long-term contract, are there ways that they would be able to reduce the cap hit for him in the first one or two years of his deal? If so, do you have any idea of how much cap space might be cleared in 2017 by way of a long-term deal for Kirk?

Yes it would definitely bring the cap hit down in year one. If you look at how most franchise QBs have their contracts structured, it is reasonable to think Cousins's 2017 cap hit could be only $16M instead of the $24M it would be under the tag. It could free up $8M that way.

Like all fans I'm very curious to see what their position will be. Will they commit or take another show me posture.

Know what, if you look at the way they structured Norman's contract, which has a cap hit of $20M in 2017 and then gets lower going forward, I almost think they did that on purpose. It's like they said lets take a big hit on Norman in 2017 when Cousins will be lower, then over time the Cousins cap hit gets bigger while Norman's gets smaller. It almost feels like they did that on purpose so those two big deals would fit together like puzzle pieces.

I could be reading too much.