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Seeing the initial details on Cam Newton’s base deal deal with the Patriots, some wondered if the Patriots agreed not to apply the franchise tag in 2021 to get him to accept a compensation package with a maximum benefit of $ 7.5 million. . They did not.
According to CBSSports.com’s Jason La Canfora, the one-year deal doesn’t limit the Patriots’ ability to tag Newton in 2021.
The contract, according to La Canfora, pays $ 550,000 in fully guaranteed money. That’s just over half of Newton’s $ 1.05 million base salary. According to Albert Breer of SI.com, Newton can win another $ 700,000 in list bonuses per game (that is to say, $ 43,750 for each regular season game that is on the active list.) The remaining $ 5.75 million comes in the form of incentives not specified to date.
So basically, no matter how well Newton plays this year or how much the Patriots achieve, the maximum payout to Cam will be $ 7.5 million, with the ability to squat down on his rights in 2021 via franchise or tag. of Transition. Even if he is the regular season MVP and the Super Bowl MVP, he still gets $ 7.5 million.
Which makes it a great deal for the Patriots and not a very good one for Newton. But here is the reality. Newton was willing to make the deal because his only other option at this point was to wait for someone to be injured, and to hope that the team with the injured starter would choose Newton over the “next man.”
Here’s the other reality: Newton was available in late June in part because no one knew that the Patriots were interested in Newton. If someone did, Newton probably would have been signed by someone else, for more money than he is getting in New England.
