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bigjimram21
About the trade, if they trade him now but it is designated after June 1st, they actually save 15 million on the cap, he has only 5 m guaranteed? Just not sure if this is correct.
If they trade Kupp now or any time before his $7.5M roster bonus kicks in on March 15 then Kupp's cap hit in the form of dead money would be $17.26M against the 2025 cap.
If they trade him after paying that bonus, but before June 1, then Kupp's cap hit in the form of dead money would be $24.76M against the 2025 cap.
Unlike when a team cuts a player, they cannot trade a guy before June 1 and designate it a post-June 1 trade. A trade actually has to take place after June 1 to be considered post-June 1. And by then they would have paid him that $7.5M roster bonus, increasing his cap hit to $24.76M (in dead money).
Being after June 1, the 2025 cap obligations would go against the 2025 cap: that's $17.28M ($9.78M in pro rated signing bonuses plus that $7.5M roster bonus) and all remaining cap obligations would go against the 2026 cap, which in Kupp;s case would be $7.48M in pro rated signing bonuses. (It's still $24.76M in dead money, just distributed across 2 years.)
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