This is a question not only about player contracts but how it works with the 12th yr restriction.

Say I have a player who is in his 10th year and in his final contract yr.
Can I resign him to a 6yr deal as long as I cut him after yr 11?
Or does the contract length have to stop at yr 11?

How I understand it, that can be done, but you are going to take a big cap hit.

You can sign him to whatever contract you want but you will have to cut him after the 11th season and take a cap hit for the remaining years' bonus

I try to keep my deals to where they expire at the 11th year so I do not take the cap hit.

I’m sorry
But I can’t help but crack up, when I hear beercloud ask a question about anything, being in his league, he seems to always have the answers, never the questions

Agreed, it freaks me out also, lol

Also have a question about retiring players,

I have a player in another league, he is in year 11 with 3 years remaining on his contract, if he retires next season am i still on the hook for his remaining contract even if he retires? or does a retirement negate the rest of the contract?

I think any remaining bonus for the balance of the contract hits the year that he retires (dead cap). The salary is wiped off (cap savings).

Dam! this guy was signed by AI before i took over the team, with 5m+ bonus for next 3 years..he currently has a 40% chance to retire..so all of the bonus money (15+m) would be added to my dead cap the season he retires?

I'm glad i'll recoup the salary cap savings which is what i'm looking for to resign other guys but dam that's a hefty amount of dead cap, what happens if i cut him instead..says i'll accountable for 10+m against my cap next year would it be best to cut my loss and take the cap hit of 10m+ or wait for him to retire?

Here's how I'm 99% sure it works:

Player A has a 4 year contract paying him 3 million non-guaranteed salary per year and 4 million bonus guaranteed money per year.

If I cut Player A in year 1: I owe him 4 million bonus against the cap this season, and 12 million bonus against the cap next season. I owe him part of the 3 million dollar salary this year (scaled to how many games he played this season), and owe him none of the non-guaranteed salary for future years.

If Player A retires after year 1: I owe him 12 million in bonus money against the cap in year 2, and no non-guaranteed money in year 2 or beyond.

Basically, you are locked in to paying the guaranteed signing bonus money each year, and if a contract ends early or retires, the rest of the unpaid bonus money gets lumped into the following year's salary cap. All non-guaranteed salary is wiped. Hope that helps!

As for your question, I'm almost positive that cap hit wise, you still will owe him all the bonus next season so not much of a difference. That said, you can hope he plays another year so that the money gets pushed into the year after that if he retires that following year instead.