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From The Globe:
I presume they're actually giving him a signing bonus of some sort (the NFLPA doesn't like it when teams play cap games without benefiting the player). I wonder, though, what the faux incentive was. . . . "The player will receive a $5.6 million bonus if he leads the team in touchdown passes"?
Cheapskates.
The main move was altering the contract of backup running back Kyle Eckel - extending it one year through next season and adding incentives - which will result in a $5.6 million credit on the 2008 salary cap.
I presume they're actually giving him a signing bonus of some sort (the NFLPA doesn't like it when teams play cap games without benefiting the player). I wonder, though, what the faux incentive was. . . . "The player will receive a $5.6 million bonus if he leads the team in touchdown passes"?
When the Patriots adjusted the contract of Eckel in the final week of the regular season, setting themselves up for a $5.6 million credit on the 2008 salary cap, they likely had some of those issues in mind. Always planning ahead, the team finished 2007 with just $536 remaining on its salary cap.
Cheapskates.