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Feb 28, 2022

Brady was scheduled to get a deferred $15 million bonus paid in February, and his contract allowed for Bucs to ask for $16 million to be repaid if he retired. Looks like neither of those will go through, essentially a wash. Huge help for Bucs from a cap standpoint down the road. - — Greg Auman (@gregauman) February 28, 2022 - - - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will get some deferred salary cap relief on Tom Brady’s contract following his retirement. - While the Bucs will still have to eat $8 million in dead cap space in 2022, that number will be $9 million, per Greg Auman of The Athletic. That’s a total dead cap hit of just $17 million, instead of the $32 million it could have been, Auman points out. - It won’t do much to help the Bucs this offseason, but that difference will be a huge boost in 2023, when the team will have more key free agents to retain. - - List - - Who do Bucs fans want to replace Tom Brady? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Email - - - - - Sign up - - - - - - - - Like this article? - Sign up for the Bucs Wire email newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning - - - - An error has occured - - - Please re-enter your email address. - - - - - - Thanks for signing up! - - - You'll now receive the top Bucs Wire stories each day directly in your inbox.

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