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2017 Houston Texans Salary Cap: How Brock Osweiler’s Contract Affects The Texans Moving Forward

There is often confusion about how NFL contracts affect the available salary cap for a team. With the possibility that Brock Osweiler may be on the chopping block after a historically terrible first season in Houston, let’s explore his contract to determine the impact to Houston’s available cap space depending on when and how they terminate him, should they choose to do so.

Last March, the Houston Texans signed Brock Osweiler to a four-year contract valued at $72 million, with $37 million fully guaranteed. This included a $12 million signing bonus. If you follow the actual cash, Osweiler was paid $12 million upon signing the contract, and then was paid another $9 million in salary during the 2016 season.