Matt Ryan Contract Details

[t96]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/05/04/under-any-analysis-matt-ryans-sets-a-new-bar/

 

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First, Ryan has a whopping $94.5 million fully guaranteed at signing. The remaining $5.5 million in guarantees for injury only at signing are, as a practical matter, fully guaranteed. Indeed, the only way to avoid the $5.5 million would be to cut Ryan after one year — and to owe him $94.5 million without the opportunity to offset any of the cash to be paid later.

Second, there is no fluff in the deal. No per-game roster bonuses, no workout bonuses, no incentives. It’s “all clean cash,” as the source explained it.

Third, if Ryan had opted to go year to year, he would have made $19.25 million this year, $25.98 million under the franchise tag in 2019, and $31.176 million in 2020. That’s a three-year haul of $76.406 million. Under the new contract, Ryan will make $94.5 million.

Fourth, in the non-guaranteed years, the Falcons will have to decide early whether to move on from Ryan, given the $7.5 million due on the third day of the 2022 and 2023 league years.

Fifth, the new-money value is $30 million per year, which is a record. The full value at signing — six years, $169.25 million — is $28.2 million. (That’s not quite as good as $28.3 million, but in one specific way it’s a lot better.)

So Ryan has set a new bar. And it won’t be easy for the Packers and Aaron Rodgers to overcome it. We’ll explain that in further detail in a separate post.

For now, the point is this: Ryan has gotten a record-setting deal, and he’ll likely be a Falcons for the next six years, and probably beyond.

 

 

Wow the Falcons are retarded.

[Ball4life]

You’re right. Falcons should have not payed him and let their franchise QB go to another team. 

[t96]

1 minute ago, Ball4life said:

You’re right. Falcons should have not payed him and let their franchise QB go to another team. 

He's 33 and the team had complete leverage for the next 3 years. Hamstringing your team by fully guaranteeing any 33 year old player about $100M is retarded, especially when you have all the leverage over that player. Just flat out stupid. If Ryan's play slips or he gets hurt which gets more and more likely every year, you guys are completely fuged.

[Dex]

Franchise QBs aren't easy to come by. I hate that soft little bitch. But they needed to overpay and to be honest this will probably look cheap in a few years.

[uncfan888]

They gave him 28.2 million per? 28.3 would have been more appropriate 

[t96]

1 hour ago, Dex said:

But they needed to overpay

That's the thing, they did not need to overpay at all. They had all the leverage in negotiations. There was no reason at all to set and unprecedented level of guarantees like that. The amount per year isn't a big deal and yeah that'll look cheap in a few years but $100M fully guaranteed is completely retarded when you have him under your control for nearly $30M less than that for the next 3 years if you just play the franchise tag game. 

[countryboi]

Poor Tom is wiping away his tears with 5 rings

[TheRumGone]

Yeah you franchise him until he agrees to a more team friendly deal. This is absurd.

[Ball4life]

9 minutes ago, TheRumGone said:

Yeah you franchise him until he agrees to a more team friendly deal. This is absurd.

His cap hits for the next 4 years actually isn’t that bad. Falcons should still be able to sign their defensive studs and Jake Matthews coming up.