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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Heyjoe4" data-source="post: 1004618" data-attributes="member: 13032">Thanks so much for taking the time to explain this.  Much appreciated.I understand the "win now" philosophy in the NFL.  So moving some of the cap hit to voidable years, and lowering the cap hit in the earlier years to pay more players makes sense.  You also make the excellent point that the cap will have increased by the time the voidable years roll around, so that lowers the dead cap hit as a % of total cap.So it seems like the player and the team win.  The player gets his money up front (or most of it), and the team gets a lower cap hit as a % of total cap.  This makes sense, and I really appreciate that you took the time to explain it.  (Ironically I do understand the significance of the June 1 deadline, although I'm not sure why it's there at all.  Go figure.)</blockquote>

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