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Message: [QUOTE="Alsacs, post: 3679245, member: 652"] I actually think you bring him back. If Ben retires without the Steelers blessing the Steelers have a 22.5 cap hit but can get back an additional 12.5 million in cap space if they make him pay back his signing bonus. If they get him to retire they have a dead money hit of 22.5 million for 2 years. If he plays next year it’s a 41 million dollar cap that would expire. Or they could renegotiate and spread the dead money over years. The Patriots and Saints have kicked their QB money down the pipe. The Patriots had a 20 million dollar dead money cap hit this season from previous Brady extensions. That hurt them this season but it’s gone now. The Saints will get a similar one with Brees next year. [/QUOTE]