While he is retiring, the Patriots tacked a year onto Devin McCourty’s contract at a minimum value ($1.165M for 2023), per source.
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) March 15, 2023
This is a cap tactic that creates $5.035M in 2023 cap space, while pushing $6.2M in dead money to 2024, presuming the retirement is officially…