Originally Posted by MoLewisrocks

Voidable years have always been available as somewhat of a means to postpone the inevitable. Manning has two at the end of his 7 year deal that was initially a 9 year deal. That gave Polian more room to maneuver in amortizing all those roster bonuses his deal included. Because voidable years while automatic in the sense that whatever service or performance was tied to them is easily achieved do not actually void until they occur. It's a means to stretch the cap but it doesn't come without cost as the dead cap remains after the years are voided.

We could redo Brady's deal with a couple of voidable years. But who wants to face the prospect of Brady as a FA with dead cap?

Sometimes those years are also used to fluff up a contract and make it look bigger than it is for agent spin. Manning's deal was for 9 years and $126M though it will really end up 7 years $98M. The $100M category was probably important for Condon to say he achieved for Manning at the time because guys like Favre and Bledsoe had already achieved that mark (on paper, anyways...).