POLL Does Bosa Play For The Chargers This Year?

[ATL96Steeler]

But it doesn't say anywhere that it was the same deal that the Chargers supposedly pulled off the table. My guess is that the Chargers "best" offer wasn't really their best offer after all.

Would you expect it to say it? You could be right, but...

At the end of the day, the Chargers wanted to defer the signing bonus and keep the offset language in place.

 

[Broncos6482]

Would you expect it to say it? You could be right, but...

At the end of the day, the Chargers wanted to defer the signing bonus and keep the offset language in place.

Because of this.

It doesn't sound like it's exactly what Bosa wanted, but it does sound like the Chargers moved from what was supposedly their best offer.

 

[ATL96Steeler]

Because of this.



It doesn't sound like it's exactly what Bosa wanted, but it does sound like the Chargers moved from what was supposedly their best offer.

We don't know the exact terms of their so called best offer, but I will buy that maybe they moved more money up front to get this deal done. But whatever it was, clearly they put it or an improved version back on the table after publicly saying they were pulling it for something less.

 

[Caliskinsfan]

Hmmmm, first I've seen of this...

 

[Caliskinsfan]

From PFT...



The Chargers and defensive end Joey Bosa finally found a middle ground. In the grand scheme of things, it wasn’t much. For Bosa and the Chargers, it was everything.

Per a league source with knowledge of the situation, the kicker came from the team’s willingness to apply language that makes it easier for Bosa to earn $6.5 million in guaranteed training-camp roster bonuses. Specifically, he gets the training-camp roster bonuses if he’s on any type of “active” list, including the non-football injury or non-football illness list.

Training-camp roster bonuses have become an alternative to the removal of offset language from a player’s guaranteed money at the top of the draft. Multiple players, however, have language in their contracts that allow the roster bonuses to not be paid if the player is on the NFI list. For example, Dolphins defensive end Dion Jordan lost $1.7 million this year because of a knee injury that caused him to land on the non-football injury list. Other players have a similar term in their contracts.

Bosa doesn’t, which ensures he’ll get the training-camp roster bonuses unless he’s on a “reserve” list when the money comes due.

Also, the Chargers altered the payout schedule of the signing bonus in 2016. He still gets 85 percent this year and 15 percent next year, but Bosa gets more of the 85 percent up front. Although the specifics aren’t yet known, Bosa gets a greater percentage of the bonus payout this year than the last four No. 1 overall picks did.

Finally, the Chargers didn’t take a penny off the table, despite last week’s vow to do so.

 

[Caliskinsfan]