05-02-2019, 01:44 PM
(05-02-2019, 01:19 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: Top 10 picks are slotted with compensation. Bengals chose to give him a huge bonus which they could pro rate over 4 years versus taking immediate salary cap hit. Next year it is 5.4 million cap hit so looks like 2.2 million dollar signing bonus.
It is not just the pro rated bonus. His entire $17+ million was 100% guaranteed, and his base salary was very low over the first two seasons (only $1.7 million total)