The 2023 Plan

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Originally Posted by Ironshaft

That’s it. Those are the only players in 2023 that would deliver negative cap hit if cut. Every other contract the Colts own would add to the cap space if the player were cut

While I agree that most of the player contracts are written to minimize dead cap hits in later years, I don't think the Colts salary cap situation is as clean as you have indicated.

For instance, after the Colts traded for Matt Ryan, they made two adjustments to his contract. First, as a goodwill gesture, they guaranteed all the remaining money on his deal. Second, they diverted some of the cash flow from 2022 to 2023 to add some more cap space for this last offseason.

Not all of the various contract tracking websites have been fully updated to reflect these changes.


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