Roquan Smith contract

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Anyone have any news or updates on Roquan Smith's contract? Hope he doesn't have any offset language issues like Joey Bosa did.

Here is what his deal "should" look like if he agrees to terms before the deadline:

2018 Cap Number: $3,349,485
Signing Bonus: $11,517,940
Four-year value: $18,477,168

If the numbers are correct, Smith will have the 17th-highest cap hit for the Bears in 2018, according to Spotrac. By comparison, Danny Trevathan has a $7.15 million cap hit this season.

Drafting well is critical for long-term success. If a general manager misses on first-round picks, the cap consequences mount over time. Consider Kevin White, the seventh-overall pick in 2015. He has zero touchdowns in his pro career but has a $5.27 million cap hit this year. Leonard Floyd, the team's first-rounder in 2016, has a $4.30 million cap hit and Mitch Trubisky, last year's second pick overall, is $6.59 million. Pace's four first-round picks, when counting Smith's expected deal, are four of the top-17 paid players on the payroll even though none of them have the production to back it up.

Smith, however, is as close to a bust-free prospect as the Bears have drafted in Pace's tenure. He was considered one of the best pure football players in the entire 2018 draft class and will start immediately alongside Trevathan as a rookie, assuming he's under contract in time to contribute in Week 1.

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I'm hearing from sources that his contract was stolen from the dash of his car. FedEx will be delivering a duplicate this week, no need to worry.
 

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Do you know what the fifth year option is? After hearing the bears decline the 14 million option on Kevin White, you gotta wonder what the fifth year numbers are for these two. Cant find them anywhere. Is it some franchise type number of an average of top 10?
 

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Do you know what the fifth year option is?

"The salary for the Fifth-Year Option is also different for two types of players: those selected in the top-ten picks and all other first-round selections.

The option for top-ten picks is set at an amount equal to the salary of the Transition Tender (set in Article 10, Section 4 of the CBA) for the player’s fourth contract year. This salary is calculated, to put it simply, by finding the average of the top ten highest Prior Year Salaries for players at the same position."
 

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Do you know what the fifth year option is? After hearing the bears decline the 14 million option on Kevin White, you gotta wonder what the fifth year numbers are for these two. Cant find them anywhere. Is it some franchise type number of an average of top 10?

Every player selected in the first round of the NFL Draft will automatically have a Fifth-Year Option added in his contract. This option cannot be separately attached to the player contract.

The option allows a team to retain a player’s rights for five years rather than the standard four, which is the bonus of selecting a player in the first round. In order to extend the contract, the team must inform the player during the period between the last regular season game of his third contract year and May 3 of the next League Year (Art. 7, Sec. 7, (a), 31).

The Fifth-Year Option is non-negotiable, and the non-compensation terms from a player’s rookie contract will be transferred to the fifth year.

Many terms allowed in other contracts are prohibited from being added into the Fifth-Year Option. These terms include Option Bonuses, Option Exercise Fees, option Non-Exercise fees, Option Buyouts, or any other compensation that stems from the team exercising or declining the Fifth-year option (Sec. 7 (d), 31).

When a team exercises the option, it becomes guaranteed for injury only. If the player is on the team’s roster at the start of the League Year in his option season, his salary becomes fully guaranteed for skill, cap and injury.

The payments are not considered Rookie Salary and do not count toward league or club rookie pools or allocations. The player’s option-year salary is also not subject to the 25% Rule.

The salary of the option year is also the only payment a player is eligible to receive for football services outside of minimum offseason workout per diems and compensation for non-football related team activities.

The salary for the Fifth-Year Option is also different for two types of players: those selected in the top-ten picks and all other first-round selections.

The option for top-ten picks is set at an amount equal to the salary of the Transition Tender (set in Article 10, Section 4 of the CBA) for the player’s fourth contract year. This salary is calculated, to put it simply, by finding the average of the top ten highest Prior Year Salaries for players at the same position. Positions are defined by where a player spent the most plays during the previous season (Sec. 7, (a), 31), unless you ask Jimmy Graham.

For players selected between 11th and 32nd in the draft, the same calculation is used to compute their salaries. The difference lies in what is averaged; rather than the top ten, the 3rd-25th highest Prior Year Salaries for the player’s position will be used.

If a team decides to use its option, the player can face substantial fines for refusing to report to camp on time and/or at all. Players can be fined up to $30,000 per day of training camp missed and a fine equal to one week’s regular season (1/17 of P5 Salary) check for any preseason games missed.

The Fifth-Year Option is intended provide teams with more security when it invests a valuable first-round pick on a player.

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I've been wondering what the as well. On a side note, here he is being a clown with his fellow rookies. Nice to see a little bit of his personality unguarded.
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12 days out from Rookies reporting still no deal done.

I see Calvin Ridley just got his done with the Falcons.
 

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I thought that the rookie cap helped make these contracts essentially identical based upon the position at which you were picked.
 

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I thought that the rookie cap helped make these contracts essentially identical based upon the position at which you were picked.

it's all about the wording. who's his agent anyway?
 

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I thought that the rookie cap helped make these contracts essentially identical based upon the position at which you were picked.

They do, it's usually about offset language, how much another team picks up if he's cut.
 

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Obviously it will get done. Why the concern??
 

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I wonder how many games he holds out?
 

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They do, it's usually about offset language, how much another team picks up if he's cut.
When the CBA comes back around they need to get this caveat handled. There should be zero reason for a rookie not to have their contract signed the day after the draft.

I don't care if they say no offset or full offset. Just agree on something so the rookie wage scale has no wiggle room. Then the only reason a rookie ever holds out is if they hate the team, and then they are 100% always the idiot.

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Rotoworld - NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reports Bears first-round ILB Roquan Smith did not report with the rest of the rookies on Monday.
Smith is one of 14 draft picks who have yet to sign a rookie deal. This is not technically a holdout because Smith is not under contract, but the rookie wage scale has made "holdouts" like this a rare occurrence in recent years. It is likely the two sides reach a deal before veterans report on July 19. Jul 16 - 9:54 AM
 

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