The NFL is good for allowing teams that need a little cap room to give their players a signing bonus converted from their base salary.
The Dallas Cowboys went to their best player for relief.
ESPN Dallas is reporting that the Cowboys have restructured the contract of quarterback Tony Romo to create $10 million worth of cap space.
They simply converted $12.5 million of his base salary to bonus for the purpose of proration, kicking the can down the road, and pushing their current cap-tightness into the future.
Romo signed a six-year contract extension last year worth $108 million that included $55 million in guaranteed money. The Cowboys actually designed the contract to be restructured in the second year of the deal to create the room.