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The number you listed are the 'average', not the cap hit. As recent board discussion, what's important is cap hit and guaranteed money while average is misleading. The cap hit for Eagles this past season (2024): AJ Brown: 11.89M Smith: 8.13M Hurts: 13.56M Barkley: 3.80M You may wonder how Eagles can keep their cap hits this low. The answer is not only backload but also void years. Eagles add 4 void years to all their star players contracts including Lane Johnson, Mailata, etc. Eagles are able to significantly bring down the salary cap hit with those void years. However, the disadvantage is that they use lots of cap space in future years and also make releasing or reconstruct these players difficult when they are out of their prime. Using Lane Johnson as example, he is 35 years old now. If Eagles decided to release him after this year if his performance drops noticeably, they will take a 31.2M cap penalty for not playing him. Aaron Rodgers is another example. His previous contract with Jets also had 4 void years. By releasing him, Jets took 49M cap hit. Even with post Jun 1 designation, the cat hit is 14M this year and 35M next year. Significantly borrow future years' cap room is totally worth it when winning a Super Bowl like Eagles, but it backfires when not. Jets and Rodgers' contract is a good example. BTW, The current cap hit for these players in 2025: AJ Brown: 17.59M Smith: 7.52M Hurts: 21.87M Barkley: 6.66M and in 2026: AJ Brown: 23.46M Smith: 10.73M Hurts: 31.97M Barkley: 9.88M

Yes, prorated bonus still counts toward cap after a player being cut, however, it doesn’t spread to all those void years anymore. For cap penalty, if Jets use post June 1 designation on Rodgers, the cap hit is 14M in 2025 and 35M in 2026, nothing after. If they don't, the cap hit is 49M in 2025 and no more cap hit afterward.. It’s not what you original said “Jets are going to have to pay him $21M the next 2 years to NOT be on the team... and THEN $14M ... and THEN $7M“. The Sportrac page is the current cap hit before Rodgers is cut, not after. One thing to note is that Sportrac page includes the 35M roster bonus Rodgers is scheduled to receive in 2025, which of course he won't get after being cut when new league year starts in March. In other words, Jets don't need to pay actual money to him for this 35M 2025 roster bonus and this 35M won't count toward cap hit (once Rodgers is officially cut).

Actually Jets don't need to pay him anything more after releasing him. These numbers are cap hit, not actual money figure. Jets already paid him the 35M signing bonus in 2023 and another 35M roster bonus in 2024. These cap hit numbers are the prorated amount from these bonus already paid. Jets will either take 49M cap hit this year or spread it to 14M cap hit this year and 35M cap hit next year, but no new money needs to pay to Rodgers anymore.

Milano was in for only 3 of the 10 plays (or 11 counting the 2 point conversion attempt) in Raven's last drive. Hopefully it's just the defensive package. It's kind of strange he wasn't in the 2 point conversion attempt though after sitting out for 3 consecutive defensive plays while Dorian played his role spying Lamar in these 4 (3 + the 2 point conversion attempt).

Milano was last played at 2:14 in the 4th quarter applying pressure to Lamar. Dorian then came in for the last 3 defensive plays including the two-point conversion attempt.

According to Erik in Cover 1, Bills played Base 3 LBs at roughly 25% in the first game.

It turns out the referee was warning Allen after all, but of course internet crowd likes to believe what they want to believe anyway.