Here are the latest details from some agreed-upon contracts during the second wave of free agency. All links courtesy of the Houston Chronicle’s Aaron Wilson, unless otherwise noted.
- Mark Ingram, RB (Ravens): Three years, $15MM. $6.5MM guaranteed. $4MM signing bonus. $500K of $4MM 2020 base salary is guaranteed, per Wilson (on Twitter).
- Terrell Suggs, LB (Cardinals): One year, $10MM. $7MM guaranteed. $4MM signing bonus. $3MM 2019 base salary (link).
- Donte Moncrief, WR (Steelers): Two years, $9MM. $3.5MM signing bonus. $5MM due in 2019, per Tom Pelissero of NFL.com (on Twitter).
- J.R. Sweezy, G (Cardinals): Two years, $9MM. $3MM signing bonus. $1.5MM 2019 base salary; $3.5MM 2020 base (link).
- Jake Ryan, LB (Jaguars): Two years, $8MM. $1MM guaranteed. $500K signing bonus. Non-guaranteed $5.5MM option due on the 22nd day of the 2020 league year (link).
- Adarius Taylor, LB (Browns): Two years, $5MM. $1MM signing bonus (link).
- Mychal Kendricks, LB (Seahawks): One year, $4.5MM. $2MM base salary. $250K training camp bonus. $250K bonus for being on Seattle’s 53-man roster in Week 1. $1MM in incentives (playing time, sacks), Wilson tweets.
- Shaquil Barrett, LB (Buccaneers): One year, $4MM. $3MM guaranteed. $1MM in incentives for playing time, sacks (link).
- Tyler Eifert, TE (Bengals): One year, $4MM. $1.2MM signing bonus. $1MM base salary; $2.5MM incentives related to catches, yards and touchdowns (Twitter link).
- Dwayne Harris, WR (Raiders): One year, $1.6MM. $275K signing bonus. $400K incentive based on return average (link).
- Kevin White, WR (Cardinals): One year, $1.5MM. $400K signing bonus. Max value: $2.5MM, per Pelissero (on Twitter).
- Dan Bailey, K (Vikings): One year, $1MM. $250K guaranteed. $1MM incentive based on field goal success rate (link).
- Cedric Ogbuehi, T (Jaguars): One year, $895K. $90K signing bonus (link).
- Antone Exum, S (49ers): One year, $855K. $50K signing bonus (link).
- Eli Rogers, WR (Steelers): Rogers’ 2018 contract tolled; he is due $720K in 2019 (link).
Mike Trout, CF (Angels): Twelve years, $430MM. Fully guaranteed. You’re allowed to cry now.
I wonder if Kyler Murray had any second thoughts seeing that today
I mean considering the fact he would have to climb from rookie ball to class A, AA, and AAA just to reach the majors probably not. Being generous, 4 years in the minors making nothing and then, once reaching the Majors, he needs to accrue 6 years of service time. So not considering the teams ability to manipulate service time clocks, he won’t be getting paid until he’s at least 31 years old. Granted, arbitration and early career extensions like the one he would have received if he chose baseball would give him money, but he wouldn’t be able to secure a deal like Trouts, or even Jason Heywerd until the tail end of his career.
And saying Murray stands to make more money assumes that he turns into a star player (or at least an All-Star caliber player). Whereas in football he’ll have the 5th year option that will be worth a pretty penny assuming he’s even a slightly above average starting QB by then and at least one $100m+ contract as a starting QB if he’s slightly above average. At the end of the day though it shouldn’t matter how much money he could’ve made playing baseball compared to football. He chose football because its what he loves more.
Clearly you have no idea how baseball works. His rookie deal had a signing bonus of 4.66 million, far from poor. And he’s 21, probably reports to AA, and could be playing in the mlb in a year with his skill set.
Then you assume he won’t be an mlb all star, but he will get a 100+M an contract? They must be handed out like candy in the NFL, how many has there been total? 10 in history?
Wish the kid the best but I’d say he’s making the wrong choice for his wallet and body if he indeed picks the NFL.
Clearly you misunderstood my message. First of all, he would not start in AA, he’s over a year removed from playing baseball so he would need to be seasoned. Second of all, no where in my comment did I mention that he wouldn’t be an all star. Third, I was not referring to his bonus as “poor”. It is a known fact that minor leaguers make very little money and unless you receive a large bonus like Murray did, you struggle to pay rent and buy groceries. People in class A make ~23k/year. Even if Murray were to accelerate through the system and reach the majors by his age 23 season, he would only be eligible for FA at age 29 assuming that the team didn’t delay his call up until June, if that were the case he’d be 30. Yes, baseball has the potential for higher earnings. Yes, baseball is probably the best choice for his body. But he can get paid quicker and has the chance for more big contracts, plus football is growing increasingly closer to bigger deals especially for quarterbacks. And Cousins fully guaranteed deal will soon become the new norm for QB contracts.
I mean slightly above average QBs usually see AAV over $20m (at a minimum) per year so that’s where I’m coming up with the $100m number. Baker Mayfield got around $22m as a signing bonus last year so if Kyler gets taken first overall (which is no guarantee) he would get more money right away as an NFL player too. I agree that health wise, MLB is probably the safer choice but money wise it all really depends on how he pans out in either sport. I don’t think money was that big of an issue (otherwise he wouldn’t have turned down the signing bonus he got from the A’s) so he chose football for his love of the game.
2 years 8MM for Jake Ryan? The Jags are….
Only $1m is guaranteed. So if he looks terrible in training camp/preseason they can cut him. Even if he lasts the season, they likely won’t let that $5.5m guarantee kick in unless he plays really well.