Up, down, does it matter? It could be sideways, moving money to signing bonus to avoid taxes but increase the risk to the team should he get injured again.
Could even be an extension...
Not sure is BC is close to the $SMS cap at the moment, their QB corps is still one of the cheapest in the league... and no Burnham...
It could have been any of the examples you suggested. Ultimately IMO it will be less hard money.
Yes we know their QB SMS will be low compared to other teams. That's not the point. It's still probably $300K - $350K more compared to 2022.
Burnham retired but Rhymes got a lot more after his complaint.
Nobody is close to their SMS yet. Aside from up front bonus money, teams could have $6M on the books but the real counting doesn't start until rosters are decided at cut down day.
Players can be traded, cut or start the season on 6 game IR. My point is that they have a different situation adjusting away from ELC QB's that other teams don't.
