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12/16/2007 - Bentley, Browns Redo Contract

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Multiple league sources tell ProFootballTalk.com that the Browns and center LeCharles Bentley have torn up the balance of his big-money 2006 contract and replaced it with a one-year deal that expires after the 2008 season.

Under the new contract, Bentley is slated to earn a base salary of $605,000 in 2008, the minimum for his position.  If he plays roughly half of the season, he picks up another $1 million.  After roughly 12 games, he gets another $1 million.  After roughly 14 games, he gets another $1 million.

The move was intended to reduce the team's financial risk in the event that Bentley were cleared to play, on the opening-day roster (and thus entitled to what would have been $4 million in base pay), and then injured or ineffective early in the season.

But to get Bentley to accept the lower base amount for 2008, the team had to agree to let Bentley become an unrestricted free agent after the season.

And because the deal was shortened, all of the acceleration from Bentley's signing bonus hit the salary cap in 2007, less the amount that will apply to the Browns' cap in 2008.  The maneuver allows the Browns to get most of Bentley's contract off of the books in 2007, and the rest of it next year.

Story by: The Orange and Brown Report (Bernie's Insiders - Scout.com)

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