NFL Notes: Browns, Dolphins, Lions, Raiders, & Seahawks

Browns

• Rookie QB Johnny Manziel was forced from Sunday’s game with a hamstring injury.

Dolphins

• DE Cameron Wake triggered a $750,000 bonus in his contract after recording his 10.5 sack of the season. (Adam Schefter)

Lions

• Lions C Dominic Raiola looked to have purposely stomped on the ankle of Bears DT Ego Ferguson. Mike Garafolo has a video posted of the incident.
• Pro Football Talk mentions that if the NFL decides to suspend him for this, he could receive a two-game suspension, which would force him to miss Detroit’s playoff game.

Raiders

• Despite reports that mentioned Raiders owner Mark Davis is building bridges among NFL owners, Jason Cole reports that the league wants him out as owner as soon as possible.

Seahawks

Joel Corry mentions that the Seahawks should have close to $18.77 million in cap space for the 2015 season, assuming that the cap is set at $142 million.

This is after the recent extensions for DE Cliff Avril and LB K.J. Wright.

According to Corry,  Avril and Wright’s base salary injury guarantees become fully guaranteed five days after the waiver period starts.

• Wright will have cap figures of: $4.75M (2015), $6.25M (2016), $6.8M (2017) and $8.2M (2018).
• Avril will have cap figures of: $8M (2015), $6.5M (2016), $5.5M (2017) and $8M (2018).

Corry mentions that both contracts include $16 million in guarantees with $2.5 million of Avril’s guarantees coming as a signing bonus while Wright receives a $5 million signing bonus.