Field Yates of ESPN reports that the Jets have converted $14.88 million of LB C.J. Mosley’s base salary into a signing bonus and added two voidable years to his contract.
This move will create $11.904 million of 2022 cap space for the Jets to work with this season.
Mosley, 30, is a former first-round pick of the Ravens back in 2014. He played out the final year of his four-year, $8,788,002 rookie contract before the Ravens picked up his fifth-year option last year.
Mosley made a base salary of $8,718,000 for the 2018 season before signing a record five-year, $85 million contract with the Jets that includes $51M guaranteed.
In 2021, Mosley appeared in 16 games for the Jets and recorded 168 tackles, two sacks, two forced fumbles and two pass defenses.
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