Ocho Cinco In B&G

[Bill B]

Originally Posted by RobH4413

Is it possible for a player to "absorb" some of that cap hit himself by restructuring his contract?

If Chad was trying to get some gigantic contract with the Redskins... it may be worth it to restructure... Once again, I'm only ignorantly speculating. Where's Canuck when you need him.

Rob - I think it depends on the contract that was signed - with Adam Archuleta and the way his contract was made with the Skins his bonus money was staggered - he got $5 million as a signing bonus and than his next $5 million bonus was a roster bonus if he was on the Redskins the following year. I think when we traded him to Chicago the Skins were able to not absorb the 2nd roster bonus because Archuleta agreed to decline the second bonus because the Bear's were willing to give him that bonus on his new contract with their team. This was a great move by our Front office in not only were we able to pry away a 6th round pick for a player that was not going to contribute to the team anymore, but we were able to lower the cap hit in the process compared to if we just cut Adam Archuleta outright.

With Chad Johnson his massive bonus has already been paid to him so the Bengals would be stuck with the dead money no matter what the Skins agreed to.