Per NFLPA records the Lions Dominic Raiola, whose renegotiated contract was reported weeks ago by various people, officially reduced his base salary from $4,050,000 to an even $1,000,000. His new cap charge should be $ 3,012,500 a savings of $3.05 million from his original cap figure. I have also seen reports of a potential $250,000 roster bonus however those reports also have a different base salary than I have listed so I do not believe that this bonus exists. If it does my guess is it would only be made available if he made the team out of training camp.
View the current 2013 salary cap page for the Lions
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