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Sam Bradford Contract Details, Salary Cap Charges, Bonus Money | Over The Cap
We all know that Sam Bradford signed a two-year deal worth up to $36M yesterday. The deal comes with $22M in guarantees, including an $11M signing bonus. His 2016 cap number is pretty manageable at $12.5M. Indeed, that's actually lower than his cap number last year.
But his 2017 cap hit is $23.5M. While that may seem like a whole lot, only $9.5M of it is non-guaranteed. That figure consists of a $5.5M unamortized signing bonus pro-rate and $4M of guaranteed salary. The remaining $14M includes $10M in non-guaranteed salary and a $4M roster bonus. If he gets cut prior to the roster bonus kicking in, the Eagles do get dinged with $9.5M in dead cap money, but they also clear that $14M in non-guaranteed cash.
When reviewing the details of Bradford's contract now, it really looks like a one-year deal where both parties will be forced to renegotiate it next year or, if the team sees fit, to get out of it. The time for doing that is probably keyed to the roster bonus date, which often is the time when a team decides to re-do a deal or cut/trade a player.
All in all, the deal looks a lot more team-friendly than I had originally thought. The upshot of all this is that it probably won't help Cousins out nearly as much when the sticker shock of the deal wears off. Basically, this deal looks like one for a QB no one wanted but whose middling stock did fetch him a bit more than he was actually worth.
We all know that Sam Bradford signed a two-year deal worth up to $36M yesterday. The deal comes with $22M in guarantees, including an $11M signing bonus. His 2016 cap number is pretty manageable at $12.5M. Indeed, that's actually lower than his cap number last year.
But his 2017 cap hit is $23.5M. While that may seem like a whole lot, only $9.5M of it is non-guaranteed. That figure consists of a $5.5M unamortized signing bonus pro-rate and $4M of guaranteed salary. The remaining $14M includes $10M in non-guaranteed salary and a $4M roster bonus. If he gets cut prior to the roster bonus kicking in, the Eagles do get dinged with $9.5M in dead cap money, but they also clear that $14M in non-guaranteed cash.
When reviewing the details of Bradford's contract now, it really looks like a one-year deal where both parties will be forced to renegotiate it next year or, if the team sees fit, to get out of it. The time for doing that is probably keyed to the roster bonus date, which often is the time when a team decides to re-do a deal or cut/trade a player.
All in all, the deal looks a lot more team-friendly than I had originally thought. The upshot of all this is that it probably won't help Cousins out nearly as much when the sticker shock of the deal wears off. Basically, this deal looks like one for a QB no one wanted but whose middling stock did fetch him a bit more than he was actually worth.
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