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One player we haven't touched on much is Ernest Jones and what he will make if Seahawk's sign him and it appears they likely will. The Athletic has an article on it and they say this:
An appropriate deal for Jones would be a tick below that in the $12 million range, which when adjusted for the cap increase would be on par with the Okereke and Al-Shaair contracts. That would also match the projected contract value Pro Football Focus has for Jones and come in just under Spotrac’s estimated market value of $13 million per year.
The nuts and bolts of the contract — fully guaranteed money, signing bonus, etc. — are just as important as the average annual salary, though the latter is what generates the initial headlines. Depending on how the contract is structured, Seattle could sign Jones to a three-year deal worth about $37 million and keep his Year 1 cap hit around $5-6 million or lower with the use of void years. His percentage of the 2025 salary cap in that scenario would be in the same ballpark as safety Julian Love and cornerback Riq Woolen.
An appropriate deal for Jones would be a tick below that in the $12 million range, which when adjusted for the cap increase would be on par with the Okereke and Al-Shaair contracts. That would also match the projected contract value Pro Football Focus has for Jones and come in just under Spotrac’s estimated market value of $13 million per year.
The nuts and bolts of the contract — fully guaranteed money, signing bonus, etc. — are just as important as the average annual salary, though the latter is what generates the initial headlines. Depending on how the contract is structured, Seattle could sign Jones to a three-year deal worth about $37 million and keep his Year 1 cap hit around $5-6 million or lower with the use of void years. His percentage of the 2025 salary cap in that scenario would be in the same ballpark as safety Julian Love and cornerback Riq Woolen.
