Gas on the Fire: Shutdown Corner Gives Chiefs "F" in FA.

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

Holy ****ing hell.

SPENDING MORE MONEY DOES NOT MAGICALLY CREATE MONEY THAT DOESN'T COUNT AGAINST THE CAP. HOLY ****ING HELL.

Where is this magical, mystical forest where NFL teams are illegally spending money on players that never counts against the cap. Tell me a single way that a team spends a single dollar on a player that doesn't count against the cap.

Holy hell, indeed.

If you don't understand that putting a higher percentage of a contract's worth into a signing bonus spreads the cash out over the length of the contract and stretchs out the cap hit, making the individual years less impactful, I don't know what else to say.

It's good for the players because they get more guaranteed money and get it now. It's good for the team because it spreads things out and makes it easier to cut the player down the road, rather than being on the hook for the whole amount.