Cap compliance due Monday — restructure likely for Detroit
Detroit has a routine but immediate cap-management task before Week 1 accounting takes effect. A restructure appears more likely than a significant roster cut.
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• Offseason accounting counted only the top 51 contracts.
• Regular-season accounting adds the full roster, practice squad, injured lists and dead money.
• Over The Cap projected Detroit about $3 million over, with recent waivers still being processed.
• Goff still has salary that could be converted to bonus.
• Sewell and St. Brown are also restructure candidates.
• Detroit usually prefers extra in-season room for injuries and trade flexibility.
• The public projection includes $6.66 million tied to Arnold.
• A guarantee challenge or grievance could alter how much counts immediately.
• That makes the current public cap figure a projection, not a final team number.