***NFL Free Agency News & Signings Thread***

[Joelist]

(03-11-2024, 02:34 PM)phil413 Wrote: More than 3/4 of it is guaranteed.  Reality is that it was cutting edge for us to guarantee what we did to Brown Jr., and that wasn't even half his deal.  Have to look it up, but not sure we have ever guaranteed half an incoming UFA's deal.

As long as the stupid funding rule exists we are going to be hampered. It isn't the guarantee itself (heck our track record of paying players the whole contract speaks for that) but the escrow requirement means teams need to be rolling in cash well over the usual signing bonus at the time of signing.