Bates Being Traded To The Eagles?

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(05-23-2022, 10:11 AM)KillerGoose Wrote: Well, shit. I am seeing a few articles saying $10M guaranteed and then a few others saying $33M guaranteed. If it was $33M guaranteed, then yeah, he dropped the ball on that one. If it was $10M, I think he did fine. Here is one of the articles saying $10M, but it is coming from Bell himself. That could be throwing some misinformation about. 

Report from SI.

The article he linked actually says he would hat made $35 mil over the first two years, not $35 mil guaranteed.

I'll also point out that there's a huge difference between guaranteed and guaranteed at signing.  For example, roster bonuses technically count towards guaranteed money, but the player doesn't necessarily collect them.  For example, a team can put in a $5 mil/year roster bonus in years 2-5 of a 5 year deal and balloon the guaranteed money by $20 mil, but they can cut the player before the bonuses ever actually hit.