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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 865717">Silverstein also provided a missing piece, a $3 mil signing bonus.  If those numbers are right along with the numbers previously reported, the breakdown would be:2020:  $3.0 mil salary, $1 mil signing bonus proration, $4.0 mil cap hit, $6.0 mil cash payout2021:  $3.5 mil salary, $1 mil signing bonus proration, $4.5 mil cap hit, $3.5 mil cash payout2022:  $3.4 mil salary, $1 mil singing bonus proration, $4.4 mil cap hit, $3.4 mil cash payoutSome of the salary might be swapped out for roster or game day bonuses offering some protection against decline or injury.Instead of this flatish structure, this could have been backloaded with a $1 mil salary and a $5 mil signing bonus with the same cash payouts picking up an extra $1.3 mil in 2020 cap space pushing more cap to future years.This may be an early indication that all-in on the cap spend is not in the cards for 2020.  It has never been the habit of this organizaion to do so except in the 2010 uncapped year when they went they had one of the highest payrolls in the league.</blockquote>

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