As the Cowboys struggle to properly, and timely, pay their best players, the Eagles have cracked the code on how to manage the cap while keeping a championship-caliber team together.
Beyond knowing whom to pay and when to pay them, the Eagles have maximized the use of voidable years in their contracts.
As explained by Andrew Beaton of the Wall Street Journal , the Eagles have $380 million attached to cap charges that will land in voidable years of current contracts. Per Beaton, it’s more than double the amount of any other team.
It’s the new cash-over-cap hack, with more money being spent now — and with the cap charges hitting later. And it requires, as Beaton explains, an owner who is willing to write the checks.
“Our cash over cap has been high and it’s continuing that way,” Ea