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NFL Rumors: Bucs' Tristan Wirfs, Antoine Winfield Jr. Restructure Rookie Contracts

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have addressed their cap issues in a unique way.

The team restructured the rookie contracts of tackle Tristan Wirfs and free safety Antoine Winfield Jr, making each player's base salary the minimum and converting the rest to a signing bonus and spreading it over the next four seasons.

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To create cap space to sign more draft picks, the Bucs restructured the contracts of Tristan Wirfs and Antoine Winfield, both in the fourth year of their rookie deals. They were due to make a combined $5.