An MRI revealed that Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson has a season-ending ruptured right Achilles.

  • TheBraveSirRobbin@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    How does that impact the cap? I thought I’d seen something about Rodgers going down last year not really hitting the cap because of insurance

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      2 months ago

      I son’t think it affects the cap hit. I just wanted Haslem to have to foot the entire bill himself for this debacle.

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        2 months ago

        From what I understand, the insurance is against the cap. Haslam does still have to pay Watson’s salary, but the team gets a cap credit next year for the amount they insured. I think how much Haslam pays for the insurance premium may go against the cap, but it’s hard to nail down solid info about this stuff.

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          If you tried viewing the Niners cap and the hit by player per year made no sense to me. No clue how it works

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            Yeah I’m pretty sure the cap is just fake and made up, a distraction they give us fans to puzzle over