Will Drew be Next to Restructure?

Unlikely.

His cap number this year and next year, while high, are managable. Then in 2015/2016 they get crazy high.

If he took 8M out of his 9M salary as a bonus now, his cap hit would go from 17.4M to 11M. But, then it goes like this...

2014 - 20.4
2015 - 28.4
2016 - 29.4

So, saving about 6M now hurts us even worse in future years by 2M each year. His actual salary isn't big enough, compared to bonus to make it worth while.

Now, in 2015, if he doesn't do a Brady special, they could turn a lot of that salary into bonus and just make 2016 be a crazy cap loaded year.

So, it's not impossible, but I think Loomis has shown he doesn't need Drew to do anything yet to make room.

Remember, Vilma and Smith will either be gone or at a much reduced price. We'll be about $10M under the cap by the time those two are dealt with. Plenty of room to re-sign Bushrod, or someone else.. and then a couple other players/rookies.