Breaking Down The Details Of Jimmy Garoppolo 's Record Deal
Jimmy Garoppolo
The details of  Jimmy Garoppolo 's record-breaking contract have been revealed. We already know the franchise quarterback is set to earn an NFL-record $27.5 million per season on his new five-year deal with a whopping $74.1 million in guarantees and a $35 million signing bonus.
Those are some absolutely huge numbers for a quarterback that has started a grand total of seven games in four NFL seasons. More than anything  they tell us the 49ers are smitten with  Garoppolo . They also tell us that the quarterback market is going to blow up this offseason.
Washington Redskins Pro Bowler Kirk Cousins will cash in big time in free agency. Aaron Rodgers  Drew Brees and Matt Ryan are all in line for extensions that should now pay them north of $30 million annually. Yes   Garoppolo  has set a new market at the NFL's most-important position.
According to Spotrac  San Francisco entered Thursday with north of $118 million to work with under the cap. With  Garoppolo 's deal averaging $27.5 million  most figured that would take a nice chunk of said cap space.
However  the 49ers decided to structure the contract in a way that  Garoppolo  will be â by far and away â NFL's highest paid player next season in terms of cap hit. He's set to count a whopping $37 million against the cap in 2018. As of right now  that's $10.5 million more than any other player in the NFL. In fact  it's $15 million more than Tom Brady is slated to count against the Patriots' cap in 2018.
The details of   [TGT]  's record-breaking contract have been revealed. We already know the franchise quarterback is set to earn an NFL-record $27.5 million per season on his new five-year deal with a whopping $74.1 million in guarantees and a $35 million signing bonus.
Those are some absolutely huge numbers for a quarterback that has started a grand total of seven games in four NFL seasons. More than anything  they tell us the 49ers are smitten with  Garoppolo . They also tell us that the quarterback market is going to blow up this offseason.
Washington Redskins Pro Bowler Kirk Cousins will cash in big time in free agency. Aaron Rodgers  Drew Brees and Matt Ryan are all in line for extensions that should now pay them north of $30 million annually. Yes   Garoppolo  has set a new market at the NFL's most-important position.
According to Spotrac  San Francisco entered Thursday with north of $118 million to work with under the cap. With  Garoppolo 's deal averaging $27.5 million  most figured that would take a nice chunk of said cap space.
However  the 49ers decided to structure the contract in a way that  Garoppolo  will be â by far and away â NFL's highest paid player next season in terms of cap hit. He's set to count a whopping $37 million against the cap in 2018. As of right now  that's $10.5 million more than any other player in the NFL. In fact  it's $15 million more than Tom Brady is slated to count against the Patriots' cap in 2018.