Redskins, Cowboys could go “nuclear” over cap mess

[That Guy]

there's a cap in place. the money isn't disappearing into a capless hole, so every cent of that 72mill is accounted for in cap space one way or the other. if he got 34mill, some of that is bonus money which is prorated over the life of the contract.

I think the skins penalty is bogus, but that's a completely different cirumstance to the quoted article, which is meaningless in the skins' case.