Brian Winters Contract Breakdown

Darryl Slater has the first breakdown of the terms of Brian Winters’ new four year contract. Over the Cap does a deep dive.

Here’s the bottom line.

2017

Cap Number: $ 8 million

Dead Money if Cut: $15 million

Cap Savings if Cut: -$7 million

2018

Cap Number: $7 million

Dead Money if Cut: $7 million

Cap Savings if Cut: $0

2019

Cap Number: $6.5 million

Dead Money if Cut: $0

Cap Savings if Cut: $6.5 million

2020

Cap Number: $7.5 million

Dead Money if Cut: $0

Cap Savings if Cut: $7.5 million

So what you have is a fairly standard setup where the Jets could theoretically get out of the deal after year one if it was a total disaster, but most likely the Jets are tied into this deal for two years.

What isn’t so standard is the lack of a signing bonus. Typically you see deals like this have a low cap number in year one and much higher cap numbers beyond that. In this instance, the Jets simply guaranteed the second year’s salary.

The end result is the Jets will not have any dead money on the books if they cut him after the second year. That is a small victory and decently structured. While I cannot say I support this contract, this structure at least makes me a tad less unhappy with it.