Presumably in an effort to free up more money to spend this offseason, the Texans have restructured the remaining three years of the four-year contract extension Whitney Mercilus got from the previous administration.
Whitney Mercilus restructured contract, creating $4M in salary-cap space in 2021, to become FA in 2022 with add of voidable years in 2022, 2023, makes $10.5M in 2021, gets $6M signing bonus, $4.5M base salary, New salary-cap figure 2021 is $8M down from $12M, per league source
— Aaron Wilson (@AaronWilson_NFL) March 24, 2021
Whitney Mercilus gets paid $6 million roster bonus in 2021 rather than his origina $10.