Ex-DolfanDaveInMI
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Fairly standard contract structure. Lots of guys have their first year structured so that the base salary is league minimum and the rest is signing bonus.Look at how the Watson contract is structured, the first year is worth 1 million.
Watson's camp was anticipating some kind of suspension from the league when negotiating with the Browns.
I do agree with you the Browns could very well be just plain stupid.
Cuts the cap hit to $10M in the first year, as compared to $55M in the other four years of the contract.