Re: I heard that no matter what they do, OBJ is going to cost a lot of money

From [overthecap.com] :

When OBJ signed his deal in 2018 it included just over $40M guaranteed ... but all of that money will be paid out by the end of this season.

The clip below says that $12.79M of this years salary is guaranteed, but since he was on the initial 53 man roster all of his $14.5M 2021 salary is guaranteed. But nothing is guaranteed beyond this year.

The Browns have already paid OBJ his first 8 paychecks this year, around $6.44M and he is guaranteed the remaining 10 paychecks (around $8.06M)

If the Browns cut him and a team picks him up on waivers then his new team will pay that $8.06M. That amount would count against the new team's cap and the Browns would get $8.06M in cap relief this year.

If the Browns cut him and no one picks him up then the Browns still have to pay him the remaining $8.06M. That money is already counted against the Browns cap so there would be no change to the Browns' cap hit in this scenario.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/04/2021 03:16AM by AlbaNY_Ram.