Contracts

Over the last two seasons, the team that I’ve most frequently covered and cited on this site and on the Walterfootball.com podcast, has been the New Orleans Saints. That’s because [...]

Some NFL teams are always looking for ways to manipulate the NFL salary cap. Financial flexibility in a league where things change fast is paramount. One recent tactic has been the deployment of [...]

In previous eras, option clauses and option bonuses in contracts were a big deal. It was a helpful way for NFL teams to retain talent. But such option structures and option bonuses have mostly [...]

In the early 1990s, NFL players wanted a much larger slice of the league’s overall revenue. One of the mechanisms that was crafted to help accomplish this was the salary floor. What is the [...]

Heading into the 2025 off-season, the New Orleans Saints were reportedly $64+ million over the NFL salary cap. According to the alarmists online, the Saints were in “cap hell.” If you [...]

On March 14, 2024, the Los Angeles Chargers traded star wide receiver Keenan Allen to the Chicago Bears. Allen has one year left on his current contract. He’s slated to become a free agent [...]

Rookie salaries and contracts in the NFL are often misunderstood. Even many media types that cover the NFL don’t seem to fully understand how it all works. In 2011, as part of the new [...]

During the NFL offseason, the NFL does not count the full salary of every player on the team’s 90-man off-season roster towards the salary cap. That’s where the top 51 rule comes in. [...]

The fifth-year option is a contract provision in the NFL that applies to all first-round draft picks. This provision was negotiated by the NFL owners and the NFLPA as part of the [...]