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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
The thing is, they have moves to make.
Mathieu and Fisher can be extended and reworked and drastically lower their cap numbers.
Chris Jones can see a big chunk of next year’s salary converted into a signing bonus. That would free up a huge amount of cap space.
I think Schwartz will retire and free up a large chunk of money, too (which will be used in large part on his replacement).
No need for doom and gloom. Chiefs are fine.
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If Schwartz retires, they're on the hook for all of his dead cap money in 2021 - about $3.75M. They'd save just north of $6M.
https://www.catscratchreader.com/202...t-does-it-mean
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When an NFL player retires, all of the dead money on their contract counts against the current year’s salary cap. As far as the salary cap goes, player retirement is treated the same as if a player were cut or traded by the team. Any non-dead money is forfeit upon retirement and does not count against the team’s cap, but the dead money remains.
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