The Cleveland Browns made a big move on Wednesday to improve their salary cap situation.
The Browns restructured Denzel Ward’s contract to clear $11.359 million in salary cap space, according to NFL Media’s Tom Pelissero.
Ward had marked a 5-year, $100.5 million contract in 2022. He took domestic around $21 million in 2022 and $22 million in 2023. He changed over fair over $14 million in base compensation into a marking reward in arrange to enhance things for the Browns and provide them more adaptability entering free organization.
The Browns are presently in a beautiful great cap circumstance, particularly on the off chance that they’re able to urge Scratch Chubb to rebuild his deal in arrange to stay with the group. The huge issue for them proceeds to be the Deshaun Watson contract.
Watson is on a 5-year, $230 million contract that’s completely ensured. He features a base compensation of $46 million for each of the another three seasons, but more awful than that, he carries a cap hit of about $64 million in each season from 2024-2026.
Browns were able to get Watson to restructure his deal last year. The two sides may be able to do something similar this offseason.
