Nice article, thanks
Perhaps the clue is below. Maybe the Rams are waiting to see whether a LB shakes free that they expect to be cut based on another teams draft? There is a limit to how many of these types of contracts a team can offer. I say LB only because that’s possibly our weakest position after Jones though CB might be a close second depending on White’s recovery. Either way I would guess the team will sign at least one vet to the below type contract before the season and that could be Witherspoon depending on what his agents are looking for.
I can’t see where it says you need to have played 4 years on the same team? I would be surprised if such a clause would be legal but perhaps you know best?
“Terrell Edmunds signed his deal where he was paid $2.385 million as a base salary, which was for $1.35 million above his $1.035 million minimum salary, and also received a $152,500 signing bonus. So despite paying Edmunds $2.5375 million in salary, he only counted $1.1875 millio against the salary cap as the $1.35 million difference was a “benefit.”
Some Steelers fans were surprised that Edmunds did not sign on for the same deal again for 2023 and instead signed a deal that would pay him up to $2 million with the
Philadelphia Eagles assuming he appeared in every game. But it also appeared the Steelers could not offer Edmunds the full $1.35 million they had available as the benefit as they used one of the salaries on another player for 2023”
www.behindthesteelcurtain.com
