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Brate restructured his contract Wednesday, allowing the Buccaneers to clear up $4.69 million in cap space, Field Yates of ESPN reports.
Per the terms of the restructure, Brate receives a $2.43 million signing bonus, while his 2021 base salary dips to $1.08 million. The Bucs will have team options in 2022 and 2023, so this can mostly be viewed as a move to shift Brate's cap hit into future seasons. The restructure should also solidify his roster spot in Tampa Bay, though targets will be hard to come by if fellow tight ends Rob Gronkowski and O.J. Howard stay healthy. Brate averaged only 2.1 targets per game last season, and that was with Howard out for most of the year with an Achilles injury. For fantasy purposes, the interesting part of Brate's renegotiation is that it freed up cap space for the Bucs to re-sign wideout Antonio Brown, who is back in Tampa Bay on a one-year deal.
