Lane Taylor’s restructured contract will save the Green Bay Packers just under $3 million on the salary cap in 2020.
Rob Demovsky of ESPN has the new contract details for Taylor, a three-year starter for the Packers who will now have to compete for a job during the final year of his deal:
Here's the breakdown of Lane Taylor's renegotiated last year.
Signing bonus: $100,000.
Base salary: $910,000.
Roster bonus: Up to $400,000 ($25,000 per game active).
Workout bonus: $90,000.
Salary-cap charge: $2.4 million.
Total cash: $1.5 million… https://t.co/3CDWxBkbZr— Rob Demovsky (@RobDemovsky) June 1, 2020
As noted by Demovsky, Taylor’s deal includes a signing bonus of $100,000 and has significant playing time incentives. He will count $2.4 million against the cap in 2020, saving the Packers just under $3 million.
Taylor played in only two games before suffering a season-ending injury in 2019. He was replaced by rookie Elgton Jenkins, who was terrific during his first season as the left guard.
Taylor’s dead cap number is now $1.35 million, giving him a terrific opportunity to make the team, either as a potential surprise starter at right guard or as a quality veteran backup at several positions.
Taylor, now 30, signed a three-year extension worth $16.5 million in 2017.
His new contract structure for 2020, via Over the Cap:
| Year | Base | Signing | Roster | Workout | Cap number |
| 2020 | $910,000 | $1,350,000 | $400,000 | $90,000 | $2,400,000 |
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