Lions restructure Glover Quin's contract

The Detroit Lions have exercised a clause in safety Glover Quin's contract to restructure his deal and create salary cap room for the second straight season.

The Lions, who entered the week with the least cap space in the NFL, converted $3.255 million of Quin's $4-million base salary into a signing bonus. Quin will earn the other $745,000 in base salary.

By restructuring Quin's deal, the Lions gain $2.17 million in cap room this year, and Quin's cap number goes up $1.05 million each of the following two seasons.

The Lions did a similar simple restructuring of Quin's contract last year, converting most of his base salary into a signing bonus to help alleviate cap problems.

Quin, 29, had his best season in the NFL last year. He led the league with seven interceptions, made 73 tackles and was voted to his first Pro Bowl.

He now has a cap number of $7.6 million in 2016, including a $750,000 roster bonus payable on the fifth day of the league year, and a $7.8-million cap number in 2017, including a $1-million roster bonus payable on the fifth day of the league year.

The Lions, before including the one-year deal Lance Moore signed this week, had about $4.3 million in cap room, enough space to sign top draft picks Laken Tomlinson and Ameer Abdullah and operate for the season.

Rookie seventh-round pick Corey Robinson's four-year, $2.3-million deal includes a signing bonus of $57,908.

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