The Philadelphia Eagles made Jalen Hurts the highest paid player (on an annual average value basis) in the NFL, signing him to a 5-year, $255 million extension on Monday, with $179.3 million guaranteed and the first no-trade clause in franchise history.
All of that is wonderful and somewhat unsurprising, as Hurts was expected to received a massive extension. The thing that is surprising, however, are the annual cap hits on his deal and how shockingly low they are.
In comparison, the Giants gave Daniel Jones a contract extension this offseason and Jones' cap hits are (per spotrac.com):
2023: $21 million
2024: $45 million
2025: $39.5 million
2026: $56.5 million
"The salary cap number for a number of years moving forward is much lower than I think most of us thought it would be and it involves some cap wizardry by Howie Roseman and it involves a big check given by Jeffrey Lurie," Joe DeCamara said Tuesday morning on the 94WIP Morning Show.
"This guy [Lurie] is such a great owner and is willing to pay cash and this signing bonus is how they get the cap number lowered again."
Eliot Shorr-Parks joined the 94WIP Morning Show on Tuesday to discuss the deal and the low salary cap hits.
"When those numbers came out last night for salary cap hits, I had to check it four or five times to make sure it wasn't a joke or I was understanding it right," Eliot Shorr-Parks said on Tuesday.
"The Eagles have an owner that is willing to cut big checks. A big part of Howie Roseman's ability to do what he does is that Jeffrey Lurie cuts big checks."
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