Cleveland Browns general manager Andrew Berry continues to do his thing, working magic with contract restructures. Despite spending more money than anyone in the league and carrying a $63 million cap hit from Deshaun Watson, the team still has around $30 million in cap space.
The Browns will likely carry over a large chunk of that money into next season, but they have some wiggle room this year in case they need it. Amari Cooper’s new contract cleared up more space, clearing a total of $15.032 million in cap space while giving the player more guaranteed money, making it a win-win deal.
Cooper spoke with the media after the first training camp practice on Thursday and said he was happy about the new contract. The holdout was about wanting more of his salary guaranteed, which he now has. Cooper was on the field for the first practice as training camp is officially underway, with all eyes on the start of the 2024 season.
The #Browns converted $18.79M of WR Amari Cooper's base salary into signing bonus, adding two additional void years, clearing $15.032M of cap space in 2024.
Cooper is now fully guaranteed his previous $20M salary, with $5M of additional incentives available.
Cleveland will take…
— Spotrac (@spotrac) July 25, 2024