salary cap hell!

You are limited to two post-June 1 transactions per year. That limits them.

Carr's cap number was $7.2 million in 2024 and now we have to deal with it because his 2025 cap number is $35.7 million. Mathieu and Maye were both less than $3.5 million on the first year cap and are ballooning now. Maye, who we don't need anymore, will cost $8.4 million in dead money to cut because of 3 void years because most of his contract was more guaranteed prorated bonuses than salary. If Ram were to retire tomorrow, we'd have $32 million in dead money.

Like I said, we are limited by the back loaded and constantly restructured contracts. The salaries balloon at the end and we can't cut them because if we did the void year bonuses would accelerate and cost more than another restructure.
Also, even if you designate a player a June 1 cut you have to carry their full cap hit until June 1. You can't use the designation as a tool to get under the cap before the league year starts, or to clear space to sign free agents after the league year starts.