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No, he hasn't signed one. But it's been ask for so here it is. This is how the Lions pay him in the way he wants without destroying themselves.
The deal is 7yr/$115m. Avg. $16.43m. Guaranteed $54m. Signing bonus $30m. Other than the average amount those are better than even the Watt contract.
When the Watt deal was announced it sounded ridiculous and would therefore make it next to impossible for the Lions to be even close to competitive in what they could offer. But no one had really seen the terms yet. It's a strange structure but one that the Texans can completely walk away from after the 2018 season with no issue at all. The three years left are entirely paid as salary. At best its a 5yr deal starting here in 2014 and it would pay him $62m over those five years.
That changes things in a HUGE way. While the Lions have still dug themselves in a hole with the piss poor way that they have done things in the past this is not an overly complicated deal to get done, unless Suh simply does not want to be here.
I will make it very simple to understand with just his salary, the cap hit, the Dead $ we are carrying and the cumulative amount Suh has actually been paid as he plays through the contract. The dead $ is what you have entering the season and what it would cost to cut him then. For these purposes I am going to include the guaranteed money at first until it is fully satisfied, which comes after the third year of the deal. Don't confuse guaranteed $ and dead $, they are not the same and amortize differently.
Year 1 = Salary $2m Cap Hit $17.7m Dead $63.7m Paid to Suh $32m
Year 2 = Salary $8m Cap Hit $14m Dead $45m Paid to Suh $40m
Year 3 = Salary $8m Cap Hit $14m Dead $29m Paid to Suh $48m
You should note that after 3 years of the new Watt deal he has been paid only $41m.
Year 4 = Salary $11m Cap Hit $17m Dead $12m Paid to Suh $59m
Year 5 = Salary $11m Cap Hit $17m Dead $6m Paid to Suh $70m.
Not that is matters since they are essentially worthless but he would have a Year 6 salary of $17m plus a $3m roster bonus for a potential cap hit of $20m and a Year 7 salary of $20m and a $5m roster bonus for potential cap hit of $25m. You might ask why even both to make it a 7 year deal? Good question. The answer is all about ego, player ego. Notice how the Watt contract lists as $100m? The first defensive player to get a $100m contract. Despite the absolutely meaningless final couple years that he will never get paid. The Lions cater to Suh's ego with a $115m deal, also with meaningless years.
After 5 years JJ Watt has only been paid $62m and now both the Texans and Lions are free to walk away from these deals with no negative consequences. If The Clown Show doesn't mess around with the original structure of the deal you would never have a cap hit above $17m, other than next year because of the completely retarded $9.7m they have managed to still be carrying.
I originally thought that walking away from the table with Suh was the best option as the season began but I no longer do. This is something they need to get done right now. There is even room to reduce those numbers given that they are substantially better than the Watt contract.
This is the wrong time for LewanDUI to try and play hardball. He's been getting bitch slapped for years by every agent in the business for meaningless players and this one really matters.
Anybody dumb enough to take the position that this will actually get done despite it being pretty easy to do??
The deal is 7yr/$115m. Avg. $16.43m. Guaranteed $54m. Signing bonus $30m. Other than the average amount those are better than even the Watt contract.
When the Watt deal was announced it sounded ridiculous and would therefore make it next to impossible for the Lions to be even close to competitive in what they could offer. But no one had really seen the terms yet. It's a strange structure but one that the Texans can completely walk away from after the 2018 season with no issue at all. The three years left are entirely paid as salary. At best its a 5yr deal starting here in 2014 and it would pay him $62m over those five years.
That changes things in a HUGE way. While the Lions have still dug themselves in a hole with the piss poor way that they have done things in the past this is not an overly complicated deal to get done, unless Suh simply does not want to be here.
I will make it very simple to understand with just his salary, the cap hit, the Dead $ we are carrying and the cumulative amount Suh has actually been paid as he plays through the contract. The dead $ is what you have entering the season and what it would cost to cut him then. For these purposes I am going to include the guaranteed money at first until it is fully satisfied, which comes after the third year of the deal. Don't confuse guaranteed $ and dead $, they are not the same and amortize differently.
Year 1 = Salary $2m Cap Hit $17.7m Dead $63.7m Paid to Suh $32m
Year 2 = Salary $8m Cap Hit $14m Dead $45m Paid to Suh $40m
Year 3 = Salary $8m Cap Hit $14m Dead $29m Paid to Suh $48m
You should note that after 3 years of the new Watt deal he has been paid only $41m.
Year 4 = Salary $11m Cap Hit $17m Dead $12m Paid to Suh $59m
Year 5 = Salary $11m Cap Hit $17m Dead $6m Paid to Suh $70m.
Not that is matters since they are essentially worthless but he would have a Year 6 salary of $17m plus a $3m roster bonus for a potential cap hit of $20m and a Year 7 salary of $20m and a $5m roster bonus for potential cap hit of $25m. You might ask why even both to make it a 7 year deal? Good question. The answer is all about ego, player ego. Notice how the Watt contract lists as $100m? The first defensive player to get a $100m contract. Despite the absolutely meaningless final couple years that he will never get paid. The Lions cater to Suh's ego with a $115m deal, also with meaningless years.
After 5 years JJ Watt has only been paid $62m and now both the Texans and Lions are free to walk away from these deals with no negative consequences. If The Clown Show doesn't mess around with the original structure of the deal you would never have a cap hit above $17m, other than next year because of the completely retarded $9.7m they have managed to still be carrying.
I originally thought that walking away from the table with Suh was the best option as the season began but I no longer do. This is something they need to get done right now. There is even room to reduce those numbers given that they are substantially better than the Watt contract.
This is the wrong time for LewanDUI to try and play hardball. He's been getting bitch slapped for years by every agent in the business for meaningless players and this one really matters.
Anybody dumb enough to take the position that this will actually get done despite it being pretty easy to do??
