The Detroit Lions now have some extra cap space with which to work thanks to some creative bookkeeping.
They’ve converted $1.335 million of OL Halapoulivaati Vaitai’s remaining base salary into a signing bonus, opening up $1 million worth of cap space for GM Brad Holmes to work with for there remainder of the 2021 season.
The Lions, who were airtight to the cap, converted $1.335M of OL Halapoulivaati Vaitai remaining base salary into a singing bonus, creating $1M in space for the rest of this season.
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) December 28, 2021
Vaitai has started in 14 of Detroit’s 15 games this season after being limited to just ten last year. He had originally been signed to a five year, $50 million deal by former GM Bob Quinn in March of 2020.
