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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
No they couldn't have.
This buys them $10 million in cap rollover that wouldn't have otherwise existed.
It adds $10 million to next year's cap, effectively. It definitely makes it easier for them to keep Smith if they so choose.
I'm not saying that IS why they did it, but it would work with the timing. It came right after Mahomes had a bit of a pick-fest in OTAs. I think the more likely scenario is that they were just looking to clear the decks for Hill to ascend to #1 wideout, but I can't completely ignore the possibility that some reticence with Mahomes played into it.
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I'm not sure exactly how it would work, but when I went on OTC Friday night, cutting Maclin now and cutting him in 2018 resulted in the same cap space for 2018. Maybe they can get more this way, but if so that is quite the loophole in the salary cap.