The Facts:
Williams has restructured his contract in a move that could keep the 2006 first-round pick out of Memphis with the team through the 2015 season, a source with knowledge of the situation confirmed to "Shutdown Corner".
Reported by Yahoo! Sports
Fantasy Football Diehards Line:
Williams was entering the third season of a five-year, $43 million contract and was scheduled to earn $5 million in cash with an $8.2 million salary cap number for 2013. Williams will still receive $5 million in cash this year, but the deal has been restructured in a way that reduces his cap number to $5 million, a cap savings of $3.2 million that leaves the team $8.46 million under their adjusted 2013 salary cap number of $126.232 million. But the real cash savings for the Panthers occurs in 2014 and 2015. The Panthers have a deep stable of running backs as Williams is joined by Jonathan Stewart (who renegotiated his large contract in February), 2013 sixth-round pick Kejon Barner and fullback Mike Tolbert, who was second on the team with seven rushing touchdowns in 2012. Williams, 30, started 10 of 16 games for the Panthers last season, finishing with 737 yards (second behind quarterback Cam Newton's 741) and five rushing touchdowns while playing in 40.58 percent of the team's offensive snaps.
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