The way these restructurings normally happen is that the team calls the agent, and asks if the player would mind getting his salary early as an additional signing bonus. That is to the player's advantage. I don't know the details yet of these, but Whitworth had an $8 million salary for 2018. Reduce that to $1 million, give him $7 million early amortized over the two years remaining, which means the Rams save $3.5 million in cap room this season (and lose $3.5 million in cap space next season). Whitworth is a team player, but what this restructuring means is that Whitworth gets the money now instead of over 17 weeks this year. It's a no brainer - it benefits him. Similarly for Woods, though it is amortized over 4 years for him.
