Deshaun Watson to Browns

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Originally Posted by ArrowHeader

If Watson is suspended the 2022 season it actually helps save the Browns $45MM in 2023 salary cap, since his contract just shifts a year. They were gonna be way over the cap. Now they’ll be able to re-sign some guys and makes the opt-outs like Chubb and Myles Garret easier to rework. It’s like a ****ed up blessing in disguise.

Link?

I believe Watson was paid his signing bonus when he signed. He would be paid $1 million for this season if not suspended. He will be paid pro rata of $1million for each game he plays this year.

He gets paid his full 2023 salary per game for each game he is not suspended in 2023.

The idea that contracts "shift a year" if a player is suspended by league seems wacky, do you have a good source for your explanation?