Breaking down Robert Quinn's contract
By Nick Wagoner
http://espn.go.com/blog/st-louis-rams/post/_/id/11793/breaking-down-robert-quinns-contract
EARTH CITY, Mo. -- St. Louis Rams defensive end Robert Quinn inked a four-year contract extension with the team on Saturday, a deal that is actually a new six-year contract worth $65.6 million.
Now that the details of the contract are available, we can see that Quinn's deal does indeed contain $41.2 million in guarantees though they aren't all technically guaranteed.
As we reported Saturday night, Quinn's salary-cap number for this year is mostly unchanged by the deal. The real big money starts kicking in in 2015 with a salary-cap number reaching in excess of $16 million, which is about $10 million more than it would have been under the fifth-year option the team exercised in the offseason.
"I was really happy for Rob," Rams coach Jeff Fisher said. "As we said we really appreciate (Rams owner) Stan’s (Kroenke) support and approval on this. Rob’s got a chance to be an outstanding defensive player for us for a lot of years, so much deserving of it.”
Here's the full breakdown of Quinn's deal, which is heavy on palindromes and courtesy of ESPN Stats & Info:
2014
Base salary: $608, 608 (prorated for rest of the season from original number of $646,646, all of which is fully guaranteed)
Bonus: $2,296,001
Roster bonus: $0
Cash value: $5,488,731
Cap value: $3,077,958
2015
Base salary: $5,555,555 (Fully guaranteed for injury and becomes fully guaranteed regardless on fifth day of league year)
Signing bonus proration: $955,354
Roster bonus: $10,233,201 (Fully guaranteed)
Cash value: $15,788,756
Cap value: $16,744,110
2016
Base salary: $7,777,777 (guaranteed for injury, becomes fully guaranteed on fifth day of league year)
Signing bonus proration: $955,354
Roster bonus: $2,424,242 (guaranteed for injury, becomes fully guaranteed on fifth day of league year)
Cash value: $10,202,019
Cap value: $11,157,353
2017
Base salary: $6,161,616 (guaranteed for injury, becomes fully guaranteed on fifth day of league year)
Signing bonus proration: $955,354
Roster bonus: $3,633,363 (guaranteed for injury, becomes fully guaranteed on fifth day of league year)
Cash value: $9,794,979
Cap value: $10,750,333
2018
Base salary: $10,333,301
Signing bonus: $955,358
Roster bonus: $1,111,111 (due on fifth day of league year)
Cash value: $11,444,412
Cap value: $12,399,770
2019
Base salary: $11,811,121
Signing bonus: $0
Roster bonus: $1,121,211 (due on fifth day of league year)
Cash value: $12,932,332
Cap value: $12,932,332
