re: How does Ram potentially retiring affect the cap

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This is where it pays to have good owners - Kraft would get him some money down the road and Ram would trust him to do so and would retire

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This isn't about money in his pocket. This is about cap implications, which ownership can't fix. Ram was one of our 2 "piggy banks" to get under the cap and there is a monstrous amount of dead cap waiting.

I believe that he took a paycut and there is a good chance he's a roster spot only, b/c he can't "retire" until June of 2025, for cap purposes. We're basically paying him a few million to not destroy our 2025 cap (which would happen if he retired today).