Redskins: New Contract breakdowns/cap info

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by firstdown

It realy looks like our deal with players while they sound high in total numbers really are not reality and will run much less or spread out longer. We know that a player like El if he performs on the field we will restructure in the latter years and bring those cap numbers down . Am I right in my assessment of how we are working the contracts?

we wouldn't even need to restructure. he'd go from 3/year (first three years) to 4.5mill a year over the last four... either he merits that paycheck or he doesn't. after the 4th year he can be cut for instant cap savings at any time.