Jimmy and Dee Haslam have proven time and time again that they are willing to spend the cash to make Cleveland a competitor
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00:00 I want to start though Anthony with the news that broke really two pieces of news that broke this morning
00:05 Denzel ward's contract was restructured freeing up 11 million dollars for the browns which
00:11 As we know after the announcement of what the cap was going to be was revealed 255
00:16 Million, that was good news for the browns because with their rollover cap
00:21 They were only like seven million dollars or so over the salary cap at that point
00:26 So this move now has them in the black. They're clear to start making some some different roster moves now
00:31 They don't have a ton of space still but I would imagine this means
00:34 I'm, not even going to say imagine this means that more restructures are coming
00:39 And the bronze are going to continue to do this
00:41 this is just kind of life and business in the nfl and how you kind of
00:44 Operate between the margins when you have a very expensive roster like the browns do
00:48 Yeah, and and when you have an owner who is willing to front cash
00:52 Yeah, that's truthfully what it is, right instead of instead of paying your the salary out over the course of the season
00:58 You know
00:58 He just gives him a bag of cash now at the front of it and you have to have an owner willing to willing to
01:02 Do that willing to spend and and thankfully for cleveland
01:05 They got they the haslam family has proven time and time again
01:08 That they will open their checkbooks whether it's for a player or whether it's for you know, you know as we're going to get into
01:15 Um, you know stadium renovations and things like that
01:18 They will open their checkbooks to to try to make this uh, this franchise put it in a better place
01:22 So it's really good to see that denzel. Um got got. Yeah got his his contract restructured today. Yeah, it's it's a really good