Bengals help vikings get money

[Kentis]

I don't think anyone fully understands this offset thing, but I'm fairly certain whatever savings we see is applied to next year's cap and not this year's.

Yep, you’re probably right.

[MaroonBells]

[badgervike]

Why don't we just put that "off-set language" in every contract?

Agents don't want it because it allows players to "double dip" if they are cut.  They collect from both their new and old team.  In this case, Allen would have collected his $8M plus his new contract.  It also makes it easier to cut players if you believe they'll get picked up for a significant part (or all) the money owed.  From an agents point of view, you'll also get longer and more lucrative contracts (on paper) because the offset language helps mitigate risk for a team if a player doesn't perform to contract.  It's essentially betting on the player for a bigger chunk of money.