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Patriots love to have their players with 46-man active roster bonuses
I had never heard that --- maybe it's common knowledge
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But that's not really a bonus, it's just another incentive. AFCC and Super Bowl shares are the true bonuses.Makes sense....that's why it's called a " Bonus" ...
Tough part is when they give starters week 17 off to rest and make them inactive......Didn't realize it would cost them $$$$$$
Gosder Cherilus' contract triggered an obscure salary cap rule, the 50 Percent Down Rule, because his second-year base salary ($1 million in 2014) was less than half his first year base salary ($5.5 million in 2013). The $4.5 million difference between the two salaries is being treated as signing bonus and prorated over his five-year deal ($900,000 annually).
The Raiders didn't get true pay-as-you-go treatment with the five-year, $30 million contract Austin Howard signed. Since his $7 million roster bonus was only one day after he signed his contract, it's being classified as a signing bonus under the cap and prorated for five years ($1.4 million annually on the cap). At least three days must elapse between a contract's signing and a roster bonus for it to avoid being treated as signing bonus.
The Texans deviated from their usual contract structure with Brian Cushing's deal. It contains signing and option bonuses. Hefty per-game roster bonuses were required with Cushing ($1.25 million each in 2014-2019) and Schaub ($1 million in each of the past three years) because of injury concerns. Foster also has per-game roster bonuses.
Per-game roster bonuses are a requirement with Green Bay. Clay Matthews and Rodgers have $500,000 and $600,000 of per-game roster bonuses in their contract extension years.
Cutler has $2.5 million in per-game roster bonuses in the later years of his deal because of his injury history.
http://www.patsfans.com/salary-cap/?p=1856
is my blog about the Patriots incentives.