Yes he is. Last year, if you worked out a deal during the season, the first year of his contract would be fine, but then after that, he would play for free for the rest of his contract. I did that once last year and ended up with half my team playing for $0 by accident. Really helped me with cap space though
lol. But yeah, I'd like to know if this is still in the game too, although I feel like I asked it earlier and someone answered, but I don't remember.