Patriots RB Rex Burkhead has accepted a reduced salary in 2020 in a clear effort to stick with the team The Patriots and Burkhead agreed to a reworked deal for 2020, the final year of his deal, according to ESPN’s Field Yates Burkhead will get a $550,000 signing bonus, but his salary will fall from $2.5 million to $1.05 million and his bonuses will fall from $500,000 to $400,000, per Yates That creates $981,250 million in cap space, and should get the Patriots’ cap space to just over $1 million
Report: Rex Burkhead takes pay cut to solidify standing with Patriots
Patriots RB Rex Burkhead has accepted a reduced salary in 2020 in a clear effort to stick with the team The Patriots and Burkhead agreed to a reworked deal for 2020, the final year of his deal, according to ESPN’s Field Yates Burkhead will get a $550,000 signing bonus, but his salary will fall from $2.5 million to $1.05 million and his bonuses will fall from $500,000 to $400,000, per Yates That creates $981,250 million in cap space, and should get the Patriots’ cap space to just over $1 million