Brandon Graham already made it known that he was retiring from the NFL again in mid-March however it wasn’t till in the present day that the paperwork was filed.
The Philadelphia Eagles formally positioned BG on the reserve/retired listing on Monday, in response to the league’s official transactions discover.
Why the wait?
Brief reply: cap ramifications.
Longer reply: when a participant retires earlier than their contract expires, it’s primarily dealt with like a staff slicing a participant. The Eagles wished to attend till after June 1 to successfully “lower” Graham as a result of it spreads his remaining useless cap variety of about $9 million between 2025 and 2026, versus taking all of it on in 2025.
On account of this transfer, the Eagles now clear $1.25 million in cap area. It’s one in every of their multiple post-June 1 maneuvers which might be opening up cap area for them to both assist enhance the 2025 roster or roll over for 2026 and past.
One other profit to BG’s retirement turning into official is that it opens up a spot on the 90-man offseason roster. The Eagles already crammed that by signing undrafted rookie free agent Marcus Tate. The Birds will open up one other roster spot when the Bryce Huff trade doubtless turns into official this week.
Whereas we’ve already had time to have fun and mirror on BG’s profession, it’s at all times a very good time to level out that he’s an absolute legend who might go down in historical past as the best Eagle ever. On the very least, one of the vital beloved. Right here’s to the two-time Super Bowl champ!
