I am probably the least informed on cap issues on this board (which still probably puts me in the top 5% of Colts fans, judging by comments on other Colts pages), but I know one of you will know this...
Is it likely that they'll front load the contracts with extra large signing bonuses? Since they are projected to have such a huge amount of money next year, wouldn't that lower the cap hit on future years of the contract? For example, if Nelson signed for six years/$50 million, but $20 million was a signing bonus (I am just making up numbers to understand the principle), then wouldn't the remaining $30 million be divided by the six years for a future cap hit of only $5 million a year?
I ask because I truly don't know, and trying to look up info on how the cap works just leads me to things that put me to sleep.
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