With the deadline for NFL players to opt out of the NFL season rapidly approaching, more clarity is emerging on how the salary cap is going to be impacted. With players contracts being pushed back a year with the opt out, the entire cap hit is being pushed back, not just salary. The latest clarification was reported by Tom Pelissero at NFL Network.
Previously, it was thought that only the base salary for that year would be pushed back one season, but the new clarification includes all incentive bonus and pro-rated signing bonus money.
Defensive tackle Star Lotulelei was scheduled to count more than $7 million against the cap in 2020 with $4.