Gurley's cap hit is being spread over two years as what is called a post June 1 release. So his deadcap is carried this year and next year at about $8.8M per year. It's why the Rams can extend Jalen because Cooks' deadcap of $21M will be off the books next year allowing them to fit Jalen's contract into the cap. Releasing Whitworth and Havenstein will free up additional cap space. Only two players are allowed to have their contracts be carried in this manner after release. Next year if they release Whitworth and Havenstein then only Whitworth's contract dead money will be spread over two years due to Gurley's money already being on the books in that manner.
In 2022 Gurley's money will be off the books adding $8.8M back into the cap. That's why I've been saying that the Rams will have the ability to simply kick the can down the road a year on these extension structures as the money will be there with roll over, cap increases and as dead cap is cleared.
