The Detroit Lions recently locked-up yet another one of their franchise cornerstones in quarterback Jared Goff, who the team signed to a four-year, $ 212 million deal, the annual average of which ($ 53 million) puts in him second among signal-callers.
And we now have the full breakdown of the deal, which comes from Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk. Goff’s contract includes a $ 73 million signing bonus, the largest in NFL history, surpassing Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson.
Goff’s 2024 base salary has been dropped to just $ 2.611 million from the $ 22.3 million it was set to be, per Over the Cap. Here are the rest of the details, per Florio:
1. Signing bonus: $ 73 million.
2. 2024 base salary: $ 2.611 million, fully guaranteed.
3. 2025 base salary: $ 18 million, fully guaranteed.
4. 2026 base salary: $ 55 million, $ 20 million of which is fully guaranteed at signing and $ 35 million of which becomes fully guaranteed in 2025.
5. 2027 base salary: $ 50 million, $ 22 million of which is guaranteed for injury at signing. Of that amount, $ 18 million becomes fully guaranteed by 2026. The remaining $ 4 million becomes fully guaranteed by 2027.
6. 2028 offseason roster bonus: $ 7 million.
7. 2028 base salary: $ 39 million.
8. 2028 escalator: $ 4 million.
The five-year deal pays out $ 235.61 million, an average of $ 47.122 million per year. He gets $ 75.611 million this year, $ 18 million in 2025, $ 55 million in 2026, $ 40 million in 2027, and $ 47 million in 2028.
In terms of the fully guaranteed money, it’s $ 113.611 million at signing, and the practice guarantee bumps it up to $ 148.611 million. The fourth year of the deal, which hits in 2028, is an option year and $ 18 million of that will be fully guaranteed by the start of 2027.
