Breaking down Saquon Barkley’s 3-year contract with Eagles

Earlier this week, the Eagles made one of many greatest splashes of free company after they agreed to phrases with Professional Bowl working again Saquon Barkley.

The deal is a three-year, $37.75 million contract with $26 million in assured cash, a league supply confirmed to NBC Sports activities Philadelphia earlier this week.

However now we’ve all the main points:

• This deal incudes a signing bonus of $11.625 million

• The total assure on this contract is $26 million

• Barkley has base salaries of $1.375 million in 2024, $11 million in 2025 and $12 million in 2026

• Simply $1.5 million of Barkley’s 2026 wage is assured

• Barkley has per-game roster bonuses totaling $250K in every of the three years

• Barkley is due a $1 million bonus if he’s on the Eagles’ roster on the fifth day of the 2026 league 12 months

Primarily based on these particulars that is primarily a two-year deal value over $24 million and can give the Eagles a possibility to maintain Barkley in 2026 if issues actually work out. However it would additionally give them an out to chop ties after the 2025 season when Barkley can be 29.

Barkley’s earnings after two seasons can be $24.5 million, which can come from his signing bonus, his two base salaries and $500K in roster bonuses. The one remaining assured cash is $1.5 million in 2026.

Right here’s a take a look at Barkley’s cap hits throughout the contract, by way of OverTheCap:

2024: $3,905,882
2025: $13,575,000
2026: $15,575,000
2027: $4,650,000 lifeless cash

Chopping Barkley after the 2025 season would depart $8.475 million (remaining prorated signing bonus cash + $1.5 million left assured) in lifeless cap and save simply over $7 million in cap area.

Even when Barkley does find yourself being with the Eagles in 2026, it appears most unlikely he’d play out that 12 months on this present contract because it’s structured with a cap hit of round $15.5 million. The Eagles would restructure the deal earlier than that occurs.

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