Why NFL teams don't front-load contracts

Dexter Lawrence's trade request clears up why teams like the Seahawks don't set themselves up for contractual failure

Dexter Lawrence’s trade request from the New York Giants is why teams don’t front-load contracts (put more money at the beginning of the deal than in the latter years) and why the Seahawks prefer shorter three year contracts with few exceptions …

Jaxon Smith-Njigba’s four-year contract gets more lucrative with each successive season.

It’s more likely tha…