Thread: Chiefs Smith signs with Raiders
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Old 03-10-2016, 01:12 PM   #154
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Originally Posted by saphojunkie View Post
If it's true, then that's a pretty good deal, actually. But $20M guaranteed out of $40M total doesn't seem to add up to no signing bonus.
Eh, he did it with Hudson's deal.

Hudson's had a huge roster bonus in it as well, driving the year 1 cap costs up. It gave Hudson a big immediate payday and put in a poison pill that leverage the Raiders cap space nicely.

His year 2 salary is guaranteed tomorrow.

If the Raiders went ahead and gave Smith something like a $5 million signing bonus with a $5 million base this season and $10 million base guaranteed next season, he'd end up with $20 million guaranteed and a contract that's pretty easy to get out of in 2018.

It wouldn't be that tough; just means guaranteed salaries. Not sure I'd take that risk with Smith, but at worst it only really bites them in the ass for 1 year (2017) given that they have monopoly money in terms of cap space for '16.
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