Category: Arizona Cardinals offseason

The Arizona Cardinals announced a three-year contract extension for left tackle D.J. Humphries earlier in the week and the details of the deal were reported on Thursday.

Initially, it looked like a fantastic deal for the Cardinals and a solid deal for Humphries.

It isn’t as team-friendly as initially believed, according to the Arizona Republic’s Kent Somers.

He only counts roughly $12.8 million against the salary cap in 2020 and, if he were to play poorly, they could cut him after only one season and only carry $1.6 million in dead money in 2021.

Initially, it was reported that his 2021 salary of $15.1 million was only guaranteed for injury and would fully guarantee in March of 2021.

Somers reports something different.

OK, big update on Humphries deal. Source says his second year salary of $15 mil becomes guaranteed this year, 3/21/20. So not a team friendly deal. Good deal for DJ.

— Kent Somers (@kentsomers) February 20, 2020

According to his source, the second year of Humphries’ deal becomes fully guaranteed next month. So, essentially, Humphries’ first two years are fully guaranteed.

This contract structure matches the one given to running back David Johnson. The first two years of the deal were basically locked in. And it makes sense, the same agents to put together Johnson’s deal also constructed Humphries’.

This isn’t to say the deal is bad for the Cardinals. It just means they are tied to Humphries for two years no matter what. In 2022, if things are not working out with him for whatever reason, they can unload him with only $800,000 in dead money against the cap.

It is good for Humphries. He gets two years of money guaranteed. He can potentially hit free agency again at age 29 and cash in once more.

The Cardinals take a lower cap hit than using one of the tags this offseason and aren’t committed to him for too long, should injuries become a problem again.

It is still a good deal. It just isn’t as good for the Cardinals as initially believed.

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Earlier today, we found out the details of the base salary for Arizona Cardinals left tackle D.J. Humphries’ three-year contract extension. We have the rest of the information of his contract and his cap hit over the next three seasons.

According to Over the Cap, the contract is three years and worth up to $44.25 million.

He receives only a $2.4 million signing bonus, so his prorated cap hit is $800,000 each year.

Here is the year-by-year breakdown:

• 2020: $11.5 million fully-guaranteed salary and a per-game roster bonus worth up to $500,000. His cap hit will be a maximum of $12.8 million.
• 2021: $15.1 million salary guaranteed for injury only. It vests to a fully-guaranteed salary at some point in the 2021 new year league. He can earn up to $500,000 in per-game roster bonuses. His cap hit will be a maximum of $16.4 million.
• 2022: He receives a $500,000 roster bonus. His salary will be $13.25 million and can earn up to $500,000 in a per-game roster bonus. His cap hit will be a maximum of $15.05 million.

Before Humphries’ deal, the Cardinals had more than $53 million in salary cap for 2020. With Humphries’ contract on the books, the Cardinals now have about $40 million in cap space to use.

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The Arizona Cardinals announced a new contract for left tackle D.J. Humphries this week that keeps him in Arizona through 2022. The initial report said his three-year deal is worth $45 million.

It is not structured the way you would things.

He did not get a big signing bonus to lighten the salary cap hit in 2020.

According to the NFLPA salary database, almost $40 million of the $45 million is in base salary.

This is what he is scheduled to make in salary the next three seasons:

• 2020: $11.5 million
• 2021: $15.1 million
• 2022: $13.25 million

That only leaves a possible $5.15 million available for a signing bonus.

Let’s say the signing bonus is $5 million and the remaining $150,000 is in miscellaneous roster or workout bonuses.

That would mean his prorated cap hit would only be $1.67 million. His 2020 cap hit would be $13.2 million.

That is less than the $16.1 million the franchise tag would have been or the estimated $14.4 million for the transition tag, but he will have a larger cap hit this year than many expected.

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Ep. 258

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Ep. 257

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