Contracts – Page 2

2021 Broncos Offseason Road Map

The Broncos will enter a new era of football leadership, with John Elway moving on to a presidential role with the team for 2021, and hiring a GM that will take over the duties of improving the team.

And that new GM is going to have some pressure to improve immediately, because what has happened recently is simply not Denver Broncos football. Five straight seasons of missing the playoffs. Four straight losing seasons. 29th in DVOA. Swept by the Chiefs for five straight seasons. Swept by the Raiders–the Raiders!–for the first time since the rock bottom season of 2010. This is unacceptable. Yes, injuries and a pandemic have taken their toll. But that should only raise the expectations further for 2021, and expectations should always be high in Denver.

As always, here my annual recommendations on how to turn things around for the positive.

Garett Bolles Contract Extension Details

Per Ryan O’Halloran:

According to a league source who has viewed the full contract, here are the details:
*The deal is four years and $68 million (average of $17 million).
*The full guarantee is $40 million.
*The signing bonus is $20 million.
*The three-year cash is $39,969,383.
*The salary cap hits … $7.5 million (2020), $5 million (2021), $21 million (2022), $18 million (2023) and $20 million (2024).
*Bolles’ 2021 base salary, although only $1 million, is already guaranteed.
*Bolles’ 2022 base salary is fully guaranteed by the fifth day of the ’21 league year (March).
*In 2023, $2 million of Bolles’ base salary is guaranteed for injury-only and the base salary is fully guaranteed by the fifth day of the ’23 league year.

These details should translate to the following contract table:

The 2020 Playoff Path For 31 NFL Teams

In the spirit of Thanksgiving week, here are the paths each team (except for the Jets, who have already been eliminated at 0-10) can follow to fulfill their hopes of making the playoffs. And to make this especially sunny for each team, each scenario linked will contain a combination of the highest seed possible for the team in question and/or also inflicting maximum misery upon each team’s division rivals.

Examining A Possible Contract Extension For Justin Simmons

The Broncos and Justin Simmons failed to come to agreement on a multiyear extension last offseason after Denver tendered $11.411 million for his services in 2020 on the franchise tag. What can be done to bridge the gap in 2021?

Examining A Possible Contract Extension For Garett Bolles

Garett Bolles has made the most of the final year of his rookie contract, the pending expiration made so after the Broncos declined his fifth year option. His OTC valuation has been one of the greatest deals at the position, coming in at well over $18 million over the season. What lies ahead for his contractual future with the Broncos?

Brandon McManus Contract Details

Over The Cap has the full contract up for Brandon McManus’s recent extension, as follows:

Evaluation Of The 2020 Broncos Offseason Road Map

With free agency, the draft, and all other major landmarks of the offseason now in the books, it’s time to keep me honest and compare how my annual road map did with what John Elway and company decided to do to improve the Broncos.

Bryce Callahan Agrees To A Pay Cut

Per Aaron Wilson:

Bryce Callahan (Broncos), two years, $12.382M, $3.882M gtd), salaries $1.25M, $6.5M; $3.5M 2nd day 2020 league year gtd for skill-injury; per game active roster bonus up to $250K 2020; $500K per game active roster bonus up to $500K, cont.
— Aaron Wilson (@AaronWilson_NFL) March 22, 2020

Bryce Callahan has $382,353 2021 roster bonus gtd for skill-inj if 17-game season in 2021 and if on active-inactive roster at any point after 1st game 2021, also has $2M playtime incentive 2020
— Aaron Wilson (@AaronWilson_NFL) March 22, 2020

Melvin Gordon Contract Details

Per Mike Klis:

Details of Melvin Gordon 2-yr/$16M deal:
2020: $4M sign; $4M roster, $1M salary. Total: $9M full gua
2021: $2M camp roster bonus (no-gua), $4.5 salary full gua; 500k total game day bonus
Gordon gets better deal than Gurley; Broncos get nice 2nd year value. Fair deal. #9sports
— Mike Klis (@MikeKlis) March 21, 2020

Gordon’s contract table can be seen beyond the fold, along with my analysis:

Preliminary Thoughts On The Possible Proposed Changes To The CBA

Last evening, this cheat sheet by the NFLPA was released:

The NFLPA has sent all players a fact sheet that covers the highlights on the current proposal for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement. A lot to go through here.. pic.twitter.com/tzOhyLOmhY
— Darren Heitner (@DarrenHeitner) February 21, 2020

This sheet is crafted in quite the positive manner by the union, which gives off the impression that its leadership would like to convince the players to approve the new CBA. So keeping that in mind, let’s step through these bullet points.