Let’s take a look at the details of a few freshly-signed contracts:
- Adrian Amos, S (Packers): Four years, $37MM. $12MM fully guaranteed. $11MM signing bonus. Roster bonuses and Pro Bowl escalators beginning 2020 (Twitter link via Adam Jahns of the Chicago Sun-Times).
- Justin Coleman, CB (Lions): Four years, $36MM. $16MM fully guaranteed. $10.1MM signing bonus.
- Steven Nelson, CB (Steelers): Three years, $25MM. $7.5MM signing bonus. $3MM roster bonus in 2020 (Twitter link via Terez Paylor of Yahoo Sports).
- Cordarrelle Patterson, WR (Bears): Two years, $10MM. $5MM fully guaranteed. $2MM signing bonus. Per-game roster bonuses available in 2019-20 (Twitter link via Jahns).
- James Carpenter, G (Falcons): Four years, $21MM. $7.25MM fully guaranteed. $9MM overall guarantee (Twitter links via Ian Rapoport of NFL.com and Rich Cimini of ESPN.com).
- Jamon Brown, G (Falcons): Three years, $18.75MM. $12.75MM guaranteed (Twitter link via Rapoport).
- Preston Brown, LB (Bengals): Three years, max value of $21MM (Twitter link via Tom Pelissero of NFL.com).