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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 767642">This contract illustrates how backloading the cap is not some kind of free lunch.When it comes to 2019, the only relevant questions are:1)  "Will we get equal or greater than $5.3 million in production" because that's the cap savings if the player is cut before the start of the league year and2) Who else ya got?If, for example, at the conclusion of this season Graham is deemed to be a $6 million player with no obvious cheaper replacement (e.g., a guy on a rookie deal who can replace that production), then you are taking a $12.7 mil cap hit for a $6 mil player.As for "if he claims the money", that sounds like a player option.  I'm sure you didn't mean it that way, but to be clear it's the Packers' decision at that point to "pay or cut".  There's no question the Packers will keep Graham for 2019 if they pay that bonus next March because after that the cap savings drops to $33,000 if they cut him.</blockquote>

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