C.J. Mosley was entering the final year of his five-year, $85 million contract with the New York Jets with a base salary of $17 million with no guaranteed money and a cap hit of $21.5 million for 2024. Because of the possibility of being a cap casualty, both sides agreed to a contract restructure and added an extra year to his deal. The New York Jets restructured the contract of their elite linebacker C.J. Mosley and the Jets agreed to a two-year, $17.25 million contract with $13.25 million guaranteed. Mosley has a base salary of $1.21 million, a cap hit…
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Jackson Loschko
Jackson is a sports writer. He writes about college and professional football for Gridiron Heroics. His goal is to be factual, impartial, objective, and trustworthy when writing his articles.
Welcome to part three of the series, where we review the 1st round picks from the 2020 NFL Draft who had their 5th-year options declined. To recap, the 2020 draft class set a record for the smallest number of players to have their 5th-year options declined since it became a thing in 2011. We will focus on the last batch of five players who had theirs declined. New Orleans Saints: Cesar Ruiz The Saints declined Cesar Ruiz’s $14.175 million, fully guaranteed option. Despite getting his option declined, Ruiz signed a four-year extension worth up to $46 million before the start…
Welcome to part two of the series, where we review the 1st round picks who had their 5th-year options declined. To recap, the 2020 NFL Draft class set a record for the smallest number of players to have their 5th-year options declined since it became a thing in 2011. We will focus on the next batch of five players who had their 5th-year options declined. San Francisco 49ers: Javon Kinlaw The 49ers declined Javon Kinlaw’s $10.455 million, fully guaranteed option. Kinlaw played every game with 25 tackles, four TFLs, 3.5 sacks, and a 49.6 PFF Grade. He also had nine…
The 2020 NFL Draft Class set a record for the fewest 1st-round picks to have their 5th-year option exercised. Out of the 32 players selected, 12 had theirs exercised, one got extended, four were ineligible, one tragically passed away, and 14 had theirs declined, marking the smallest number of players to have theirs exercised since it became a thing in 2011. We will focus on the 14 players who had their options declined and one of the four who were ineligible but still play in the NFL. Washington Commanders: Chase Young The Commanders declined Chase Young’s $17.452 million, fully-guaranteed option.…
The New York Jets drafted Alijah Vera-Tucker in the 1st round, 14th overall of the 2021 NFL Draft. Vera-Tucker is an offensive lineman who started 19 games with the USC Trojans, starting 13 games at left guard in 2019 and six games at left tackle in 2020. Vera-Tucker started 16 games at left guard in his rookie season. He didn’t have to switch positions because the Jets were relatively healthy at tackle and had a backup plan. He finished with five penalties, two sacks allowed, and a 66.8 PFF Grade. Vera-Tucker started his second season at right guard but had…
The Buffalo Bills entered the offseason in cap hell and had to restructure, trade, release, or let players walk in free agency to get under the cap. However, the defensive end position was a position the Bills were able to retain most of their players. They re-signed A.J. Epenesa, reworked Von Miller’s contract, exercised Greg Rousseau’s 5th-year option, signed Casey Toohill, drafted Javon Solomon in the 5th round, and signed a pass rusher from the AFC South. The Buffalo Bills signed a pass rusher from the AFC South The Bills signed Dawuane Smoot to a one-year contract. Smoot will be…
NFL teams had until May 2 to exercise or decline the 5th-year options of the 1st-round picks from the 2021 NFL Draft. If a team trades for a player, the team acquiring that player is responsible for deciding on their 5th-year option. How are the 5th-year options calculated? The 5th-year options are determined based on four tiers. They include basic, playtime, multiple Pro Bowls, and one Pro Bowl. The 33rd Team goes into further detail. Here are the results. 5th-Year Option Tracker Jacksonville Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence: Exercised. Denver Broncos QB Zach Wilson: Declined. Dallas Cowboys QB Trey Lance: Declined. Atlanta Falcons…
NFL teams had until May 2 to exercise or decline the 5th-year options of their first-round pick/s from the 2021 NFL Draft. The 5th-year options are determined based on four tiers. They include basic, playtime, multiple Pro Bowls, and one Pro Bowl. The 33rd team goes into further detail. The New Orleans Saints drafted a defensive end 28th overall and had a decision to make. The New Orleans Saints had until Thursday to exercise or decline his 5th-year option Since Payton Turner was a 1st-round pick and has played three seasons, his contract includes a 5th-year option worth $13.387 million,…
NFL teams have until May 2 to exercise or decline the 5th-year options of their first-round pick/s from the 2021 NFL Draft. The 5th-year options are determined based on four tiers. They include basic, playtime, multiple Pro Bowls, and one Pro Bowl. The 33rd Team goes into further detail. The Kansas City Chiefs did not draft a player in the first round that year, but since they traded for a former first-rounder from the New York Giants, they had a decision to make. The Kansas City Chiefs have until Thursday to exercise or decline their wide receiver’s 5th-year option Since…
The Indianapolis Colts drafted Kwity Paye 21st overall in the 2021 NFL draft because they felt he was talented and had a good character. “It’s easy to draft talent. That’s not hard to do,” Ballard said. “But to draft talent with character, that’s difficult. That doesn’t always come together. And we’ve been really fortunate around here to be able to do it as part of who we are and what we look for, and our scouts do a tremendous job vetting each and every player and we have a very strict criteria of what we’re looking for.” Paye, so far,…
