What the Philadelphia Eagles were able to accomplish on Friday afternoon is the exact reason why the league is looking to see if there is any way to even out the current salary cap system for the next CBA.
The league is looking to balance out the edge certain teams have when they cleverly manipulate the salary cap by increasing signing bonuses and managing dead cap concerns. Cash-rich owners are able to entice players around the league with higher immediate bonuses, and shrug off losses by eating dead cap charges to players no longer on their roster.
That is precisely what the Eagles have done for years. It's also what the did with Bryce Huff.
Philadelphia shipped the failed edge rusher to San Francisco for a late-round pick Friday afternoon according to a report from Adam Schefter. Huff, a year removed from signing a three-year contract worth $51 million, joins a 49ers team that is a better fit for his intended scheme.
Now, a trade like this should cripple a team. They paid. They whiffed.
But the fact that the team's ownership is willing to ignore the dead cap charges, and the front office is able to renegotiate deals to work for both sides, allows the Eagles to shrug off a situation like this.
Philadelphia has unique resources to shrug off mistakes. And the league wants to crack down on these types of things going forward.