The Detroit Lions injury issues continue to impact their salary cap and for the third time this year, they’re forced to execute an in-season restructure of a player's contract. According to ESPN’s Field Yates, the Lions have restructured Halapoulivaati Vaitai’s contract in order to free up $2.42 million in cap space.
The Lions have had to get creative with their salary cap this season, mainly because of the number of players who have landed on injured reserve, reserve/PUP, and reserve/NFI lists. At this time, the Lions have over $35 million wrapped up in these lists (with the Vaitai adjustment removed) and have spent another $1.