Well, he did have a 17 million cap hit, GBs just not getting it all back ;)
Originally Posted by: Mucky Tundra
Yeah the difference is cash method vs accrual method of methods of accounting.
Fans (and Media too) keep wanting to state the NFL Cap as Cash method... but it's not, it's Accrual Method.
I still think the Media should start ignoring the NFL Cap, as it makes no sense to them (they don't know accounting) and simply use the Cash Values of the contracts (which are on Spotrac, so easy to look up, they already make it easy) and report the numbers in Cash method so it makes sense to them, and the fans.
I think this goes back to the NFL owners like fan confusion, as it leads to more fan interactions.
It's like fans arguing between a 4-3 or 3-4 defense, when in reality all 32 teams are 4-2 nickel defenses.
And yet all NFL depth charts are in 3-4 or 4-3.