Salary cap can always be manipulated. Al Davis taught us that. There’s always ways to clear cap room without the players involved losing any money. Case in point; what a few Raiders players did this week.
Raiders WR Jordy Nelson ($3.6M), LB Tahir Whitehead ($3.325M), LB Kyle Wilber ($500k) & TE Lee Smith ($1.1M) had their 2019 roster bonuses moved up to be paid out this week, per source. For cap purposes, that prorates the bonuses over 2018 & 2019. Some late season cap management.
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) December 28, 2018
According to Overthecap.