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The busiest movers and shakers of this weekend, the are at it again.According to a from NFL Media, the Browns have restructured the contract of recently-acquired wide receiver . They converted most of Cooper's $20 million base salary for the 2022 season into a signing bonus and added two void years onto the end of his contract, James Vaughters Jersey allowing them to spread the cap hit out over five seasons. Doing so saved the team more than $15 million on the 2022 cap.Cooper had previously signed a five-year, $100 million contract with the , with all of the guaranteed money contained in the Michael Vick Jersey first two years of the deal. Cooper was set to count against Dallas' books for $22 million in 2022, but the trade to Cleveland knocked that number down by Keith Smith Jersey $16 million. He had three years and $60 million remaining on his contract at the time of the trade, all of it in base salary. CLE WR #2 Cleveland is in the midst of creating cap room because it now has to fit the ma sive contract of on its books. After sending three first-round picks and two Day 3 picks to the to acquire Watson, the Browns lavished him with a five Ta'Quon Graham Jersey -year, $230 million, fully-guaranteed contract, despite the fact that the star quarterback is facing civil suits from 22 women who have accused him of sexual misconduct or sexual a sault. The contract the Browns gave Watson will reduce his cap hit for the 2022 season thanks to the microscopic $1 million base salary, which was rather transparently built into the deal to minimize the financial fallout . Still, the Browns have some work to do to fit their new quarterback onto their books, so they are restructuring Jake Matthews Jersey the deal of his new top pa sing-game target. |
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