Lions restructure Charles Harris’ contract to free up salary cap room
Charles Harris was often listed as a potential salary cap casualty for the Detroit Lions. However, Harris isn’t going anywhere now that he’s agreed to a restructured contract with the Lions.
Field Yates of ESPN reports that the team and Harris worked out a restructuring of the final year of Harris’ two-year, $13 million contract he signed prior to the 2022 season. Per Yates, the move frees up an oddly specific amount of cap room in 2023: $2,823,529.
While details are not yet public, such a figure could be created by converting some of Harris’ $6 million base salary into a bonus. There is already a void year on the contract, and the restructure will add more dead money to that 2024 void season.
Update–it turns out it was not a contract restructure for Harris. Instead, Harris took a $3 million pay cut from the Lions. His salary for 2023 is now $3 million instead of the old $6 million figure. The Lions did add incentives into the deal to help Harris potentially recoup some of the lost salary.
