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Breaking Down the Cap Hits Cleveland Absorbs for New Punter Andy Lee

When the Cleveland Browns acquired P Andy Lee from the San Francisco 49ers, they also took on the remainder of his contract, which runs through the 2018 season. However, they did not take everything, as we explain below.

  • Lee signed a contract extension with the 49ers back in 2012, so he had signing bonuses that were set to count against the 49ers' cap through 2016.

2015 $ 2,050,000 $ 500,000
$ 0 $ 2,050,000
2016 $ 2,833,000 $ 500,000 $ 0 $ 2,833,000
2017 $ 3,433,000 $ 0 $ 0 $ 3,433,000
2018 $ 4,134,000 $ 0 $ 0 $ 4,134,000
Total $ 12,450,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 0 $ 12,450,000