They can restructure at any time. They just need to be under the cap by Wednesday which they are pending the release of Decker. Probably looking for the market to set itself and they will restructure what they need.
The Ravens have plenty of cap flexibility to sign Linderbaum. Currently Lamar Jackson is counting $74 million against the cap. A restructure of his contract and Crosby gives them $52 million in cap space. Pushing a ton of cap in void years on Lamar is risky given mobile QBs like him tend to decline quicker.
With Decker and Ragnow off the books, you can probably go all in on Linderbaum, draft a tackle in this draft which is deep, sign a veteran RB2, maybe get someone like Bradley Chubb opposite Hutchinson and sign your depth pieces.
This frees up $11 million in cap space. Lions should be about $5-6 million under now. Restructure Goff and you got about $45-50 million to work with. Extend Gibbs and Campbell and get more immediate relief.
Since John James always runs commercials with him in his fighter jet, I asked him if he us going to re-enlist and doing bombing missions in Iran for Trump.
On a similar note, when Democrats take back the house, you will hear a lot of talk about bipartisanship from republicans and the media, something you don’t hear now.