With the Baltimore Ravens intent on using the franchise tag on linebacker Terrell Suggs but in need of cap room in order to make it happen, the team’s star tight end is doing his part to help out.

Todd Heap agreed to a so-called “simple restructuring,” which means that he reduced his 2008 base salary to the veteran minimum and took the rest as a guaranteed payment.

The move created $1.7 million in 2008 cap space, but also pushes that $1.7 million in future cap years.

So Heap gets $2.27 million of his 2008 salary now, and he’ll get the rest of it (another $730,000) later.