The big news this week in Texans land, was the decisions Nick Caserio made to create additional cap space. He restructured Laremy Tunsil’s contract to drop his cap hit to from around $19 million to $9.2 million this year, which will balloon up to $26 million next year—an absurd number for a left tackle, meaning he could possibly be extended as early as next year. This move saved Houston around $10 million for this season. He also restructured Whitney Mercilus’s contract to create $4 million of cap space. Houston could have outright released him this season and lose $3 million against the cap, with the opportunity to create double digit cap space in 2022.
BRB Groupthink: Creating Cap Space
