Thanks, but I don't see how it answers the question I asked. Per Biggs the contract is 5 years, $40mil, $15.8 gtd.
If it's prorated over 5 yrs, I see $8/yr... why isn't the cap hit $8mil in 2019? Windy say $3.8 for 2019. I don't get it. If he's getting $9 mil in 2019, why isn't the cap hit $9?
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signing bonus is prorated over the life of the contract. I.e. the 6.5 million of his bonus is broken into 1.3/year cap hits. Then you add X salary and you get the cap hit for that season. They simply have backloaded his salary so that in the 2019 season they're only paying him 2.4ish in salary.
So, for 2019 it's 2.4 (salary) + 1.3 (prorated bonus hit) = 3.7ish cap hit (leaving out the workout bonus for ease of understanding).
Then in 2020 his base salary climbs to 7. $7 (salary) + the 1.3 (signing bonus) = 8.3 cap hit.
Then the last 3 years of the deal = 8 (in salary) each + 1.3 each year = 9.3 cap hit each of 2021, 2022, and 2023.
You seem to be confused because people talk about contracts as being $X "per year." They're just averaging out the money over the life of the contract, not how/when it's actually paid out. Add up all those cap hits and you get your 40 mil over 5 years, it's just payed out unevenly due to the base salary fluctuating.
That help?