Redskins: New Contract breakdowns/cap info

[Pocono]

Originally Posted by That Guy

dead money is generally bonus money that's actually been paid in previous years, but is only hitting the cap this year, so it probably wouldn't be part of this year's total (real money) payroll.

That's what I'm saying. The dead money and prorations from previous signing bonuses are charged against the cap this year but were paid in the past so they aren't part of total payroll. So of the 102M cap amount 45M was paid in the past and accounted for now so to exceed 102M+ 2% the Skins would have to pay at least 45M+ 2% in bonuses.

As for the dead money it was 3.6M but you have to add Arrington's dead money and the dead money from the 5 other players they released to get under the cap.