Thanks to void years, Keisean Nixon will count around $2.5 million on the Green Bay Packers’ salary cap in 2023.
Adding four void years (through 2027) to his one-year deal allowed the Packers to spread out Nixon’s $1.85 million signing bonus over five seasons on the cap, lowering his cap hit in 2023 from $4,000,000 (without voids) to $2,520,000, saving $1,480,000.
As a result, when Nixon’s deal voids next year, the Packers will take on a $1,480,000 dead money hit on the salary cap because the four years of prorated bonuses ($370,000 times four void years) will accelerate to 2024.