The Miami Dolphins have a team option written in to defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh's contract that would allow them to change his base salary into a signing bonus, giving the team more salary cap space in a given year. How would it impact the rest of Suh's contract?
There has been a lot of talk this offseason about the clause the Miami Dolphins included in defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh's record-setting contract that allows them to change a year's base salary into a signing bonus. That move then allows the team to account for the money evenly over the life of the contract, rather than having to take a huge salary cap hit in any one single season.