Can confirm the #Broncos are signing former #Browns quarterback Brock Osweiler. It will provide a little break on the $16M guarantee
— Mary Kay Cabot (@MaryKayCabot) September 2, 2017
#Browns will pay QB Brock Osweiler $16M, minus the minimum salary the #Broncos are expected to pay him. Slightly better value for Denver.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) September 2, 2017
The veteran minimum for a player with 5 accrued seasons, as Osweiler has, is $775,000. If Osweiler is on the roster Week 1 and is cut afterward, he would be eligible to claim termination pay on that entire salary if he so chooses, but that would be a small amount on dead money against the Broncos’ cap should that happen.