Here are some of the details on deals recently agreed to around the NFL:
- Jarvis Landry, WR (Saints): One-year, $3MM. The contract, according to ESPN’s Field Yates, is completely guaranteed with a $1.88MM signing bonus and a base salary of $1.12MM. The deal will have a maximum value of $6MM due to some lofty incentives. One incentive is based on his receptions total, paying out $250,000 if he reaches 55 catches, $500,000 if he reaches 65, and $1MM if he reaches 75 receptions. The receptions bonus does not compound. If he reaches 75 receptions, he will only receive a $1MM bonus, not $1.75MM. Other incentives include $500,000 if he catches five touchdowns, $500,000 if he plays 48.5% of the team’s offensive snaps, $500,000 if he records 60 catches and the team makes the playoffs, and $500,000 if he reaches 607 receiving yards and the team makes the playoffs.
- Melvin Ingram, OLB (Dolphins): One-year, $4MM. The deal, also reported by Yates, has a guaranteed amount of $3.32MM composed of a $1.65MM signing bonus and a base salary of $1.67MM. The remaining $680,000 is the potential season-total for Ingram’s per game active bonus of $40,000. Ingram can earn up to $750,000 of additional incentives based on playtime, sack total, and team defense. A Pro Bowl bonus of $250,000 pushes the maximum potential value of the contract to $5MM.
- James Bradberry, CB (Eagles): One-year, $7.25MM. Bradberry’s deal, once again reported by Yates, is fully guaranteed with a signing bonus of $6.22MM and a base salary of $1.04MM. Bradberry can earn an additional $2.5MM due to incentives, giving his deal a maximum potential value of $9.75MM. The Eagles continue to divvy up the cap hit with voidable years, spreading Bradberry’s cap number through the 2026 season. The result sees his $7.25MM contract only do $2.28MM-worth of damage to the 2022 salary cap.
How the Packers didn’t move on Landry is beyond me. I understand they have the slot covered but just like last year, injuries happen.
You just said it. They have “the slot covered.” Who pays 3-6 million for a backup Slot?
And who’s to say Jarvis Landry would play in the cold at Green Bay for 3-6 million, even if they offered?
Jarvis would be the vestter slot option out of anyone else on the team.
Who is to say he wouldn’t want to play with a reigning MVP on a 1 year prove it deal?
$3 million for Landry is a deal no matter how you slice it.
He played in the cold of Cleveland for four years.
I’ll bet Landry was surprised at the lack of big money offers.
I don’t think many of those incentives are particularly lofty. If he can play more than 12 games, Landry’s a good bet to get 65 or 75 receptions, and he’s never played under 62% of O snaps in his career. The hardest ones for him to meet are the TD one and the ones requiring the Saints to make the playoffs.