Texans restructuring the contract for safety Eric Murray, clearing over $700K in salary cap space
NFL contracts have triggers in them that teams can flip to create salary cap space, and that is precisely what general manager Nick Caserio did to give the Houston Texans a little more breathing room.
According to Aaron Wilson from KPRC-TV, the Texans restructured the contract for safety Eric Murray, providing $732,500 in salary cap space.
What the Texans did was give Murray a $1.465 million signing bonus in order to create the space.
Houston originally signed Murray to a two-year, $10 million contract at the beginning of last free agency.
The rise of second-round rookie Jalen Pitre cut into Murray’s playing time. The 29-year-old played all 17 games for Houston, and delivered 27 combined tackles. However, his snaps were lopsided in favor of special teams: 403 to 119 on defense.
