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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
He retired so they're no longer obligated to pay his 2017 salary.
Apparently, he has guaranteed money that hit their cap with his retirement, so the Jags will take a Dead Cap hit unless they force Albert to repay it.
The moment he was traded to Jacksonville, all monetary obligations became theirs and not the Dolphins.
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Guaranteed money - yes. Bonus money - no. The Bonus money all went on Miami's cap.
Honestly, I'm not even sure how Jax could force him to repay it and if they did, why would they get a cap credit for money that was never charged to their cap to begin with? Wouldn't it be Miami with the standing to force him to pay it back? They actually paid it. But by trading him, have they lost their status as an injured party? If so, could Jax now claim that part of the reason they traded for him was that they didn't have to worry about his signing bonus and thus part of the 'value' was that his bonus had already been paid. In that event, I could see them having standing to get the bonus money back but still not get a cap credit for it.
As for guaranteed money, nothing on his prior contract indicates that he had any guaranteed salary for 2017, at least not that I can find. I don't see any way Albert's retirement should create any kind of cap charge against Jax.
It's an odd, tangled web to be sure.