Team have until May 2 to exercise their Fifth-Year Options for first-rounders from the 2014 NFL Draft. For an explanation of the Fifth-Year Option, click here. Jadeveon Clowney, Houston Texans After missing 15 of his first 32 career games, Clowney finally proved to be the player the Texans expected when he was selected first overall.... Continue Reading →
Charles Woodson Contract Summary Years: 7 Total Value: $52.7 Million Charles Woodson Contract Details Signing Bonus: $4 Million 2006 – $1.5M base + $4M Roster Bonus 2007 – $1.25M + $1M Roster Bonus 2008 – $3.25M 2009 – $5.5M 2010 – $6.5M 2011 – $5.5M 2012 – $6.5M Other (Incentives, etc.) *$100,000 Pro Bowl Bonus... Continue Reading →
Total Value– One year, Up to $14,000,000 FOF Projection – Five years, $67,500,000 - $13.5M APY Alshon Jeffery Contract Length The premiere receiver on the market this spring signing a one-year, “prove-it deal” was a shocker. Jeffery can hit free agency again in 2018. It’s certainly a risk, as a drop in production or a... Continue Reading →
Total Value - 5 years, $65,000,000 - $13 million per year. FOF Projection - 5 years, $68,750,000 - $13.75 million per year. Stephon Gilmore Contract Length Five years is fairly standard for NFL players signing long-term deals. Gilmore will be 31 at the end of this deal and should be able to get one more... Continue Reading →
Reggie White Contract Details •Years: 4 •Total Value: $17,00,000 •Signing Bonus: $4.5M Reggie White Contract Structure •1993 - $3M base + $1.5M reporting bonus •1994 - $3.15M base •1995 - $2.85M base •1996 - $2M base Reggie White Free Agent Summary 1993 brought a newly found freedom for NFL players: free agency. Players with expired... Continue Reading →
Total Value – One year, $8,000,000 FOF Projection – Four years, $44,000,000 - $11M APY Terrelle Pryor Contract Length Although Pryor did have multiple-year offers on the table, he chose to bet on himself to increase his value next offseason. Pryor felt he’d be selling his future services at a discounted rate if he committed... Continue Reading →
Brace yourself to hear the word guarantee(d) a lot in this section. It’s just what it is called, so it is what it is. Unlike NBA and MLB deals, NFL contracts are not guaranteed. However, some money in some contracts is fully guaranteed when a player puts pen to paper. Any signing bonus a player... Continue Reading →
The Transition Tender is very similar to the Franchise Tender, albeit at a reduced salary and without drat pick protection. In any given year, the team can use either one or the other on an upcoming free agent. The time frame to use the tender is the same as the franchise tag (Sec. 3, (a),... Continue Reading →
An Unrestricted Free Agent (UFA) is a player who has four or more Accrued Seasons and whose contract has expired. UFA’s are free to sign contracts with any team, and any team can sign such player without penalty or restriction (NFL CBA, Art. 9, Sec. 1 (a), 35). Unrestricted free agency is coveted by players... Continue Reading →
An Exclusive Rights Free Agent (ERFA) is a player who is no longer under contract with a club but has less than three Accrued Seasons. If the player’s former team offers him a one-year contract for the minimum Active/Inactive Salary (subject to player’s Credited Seasons), the player can only sign a contract with that team.... Continue Reading →
A Restricted Free Agent (RFA) has only three Accrued Seasons at the expiration of his Player Contract. RFAs are free to sign with any team, but RFAs prior teams have options that can restrict player mobility. There are various tenders (“Qualifying Offers” in the CBA) that a team can offer a player. Each come with... Continue Reading →
Eric Berry Contract Analysis Total Value: 6 years, $78,000,000 - $13M Average Per Year FOF Projection: Five – 5 years, $67,500,000 - $13.5M APY Eric Berry Contract Length Six years has become more the standard when extending star defensive players (i.e. Ndamukong Suh, Marcell Dareus, Von Miller, Justin Houston, Fletcher Cox, etc.). If he plays... Continue Reading →
