Chiefs sign Bennie Logan

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Originally Posted by TimBone

How do deals with incentives work, regarding the cap?

Incentives are either "likely to be earned" or "unlikely ...". The Unlikely don't count on the cap this year, but do next year if earned. the Likely incentives do count this year.

So with a "down year" last year, they can set incentive levels above what he accomplished last year and theoretically they wouldnt fall into the Likely category.

that's my laymans understanding, please correct if somebody has a better description.