6 hours ago
(6 hours ago)Luvnit2 Wrote: I am flat out confused on Spotrac's numbers on Volson. He signed a 4.1 contract and they have hin at 3.5 million or more as a cap hit in 2025. I would love for a cap expert to explain how he is making in the final year almost the entire 3 year contract he signed.
Proven Performance Escalator
It's a CBA thing that increases underpaid rookie contract guys who are starters, mostly important for later round picks. Play enough snaps and you get an automatic pre-calculated raise.
https://overthecap.com/proven-performance-escalator
Volson played 55%+ of the offensive snaps in each of his first 3 years but didn't make a Pro Bowl so he's a category 2. His base salary becomes the right-of-first-refusal tender ($3.26m in 2025) + $250k.... there's your $3.5m.
It's basically a thing to make it so being a later round pick that ends up playing a decent or large amount of snaps doesn't pay significantly less in their 4th year than a UDFA in their 4th year getting tendered as a RFA.
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