re: Matt Flynn to Green Bay

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Seattle's Matt Flynn provides one example. While the Seahawks have cap room to carry Flynn's $5.25 million salary and $7.25 million cap number, those figures do not represent great value for a backup. Flynn has some security against release, however, because the $6 million signing bonus he received is counting $2 million against the cap in each of the three years of the deal. Flynn also has $2 million in 2013 base salary guaranteed. So, if the Seahawks were to release Flynn, they would still be on the hook for that $2 million in guaranteed salary, which would count against their cap. They would also have to account under the cap for some of the $6 million in bonus money paid earlier. One-third of that $6 million counted against the 2012 cap. The remaining two-thirds would count against the 2013 cap if the Seahawks released him. That means Flynn's contract would count $6 million against the 2013 cap even if Seattle released him. The price for keeping Flynn on the roster is an additional $1.25 million in cap room -- not much in the bigger picture.

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