The agreement, per La Canfora, pays $550,000 in fully-guaranteed money. Thats little bit more than half of Newtons $1.05 million base salary. Per Albert Breer of SI.com, Newton can earn another $700,000 in per-game lineup perks (i.e., $43,750 for each regular-season video game that hes on the active roster). The staying $5.75 million can be found in the form of to-date unspecified rewards.
Heres the other truth: Newton was readily available in late June in part since no one understood that the Patriots were interested in Newton. If anyone did, Newton likely would have been signed by another person, for more cash than hes getting in New England.
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That makes it an exceptional deal for the Patriots and not a very good deal for Newton. Heres the truth. Newton was ready to do the offer since his only other choice at this point was to wait for someone to get injured, and to hope that the team with the injured starter would select Newton over the “next male up.”
According to Jason La Canfora of CBSSports.com, the one-year offer does not limit the capability of the Patriots to tag Newton in 2021.
When seeing the preliminary details relating to Cam Newtons bargain-basement contract with the Patriots, some questioned whether the Patriots agreed not to use the franchise tag in 2021 in order to get him to accept a settlement package with a maximum advantage of $7.5 million. They didnt.
So, basically, no matter how well Newton plays this year or just how much the Patriots attain, the optimal payment to Cam will be $7.5 million, with the ability to squat on his rights in 2021 through the franchise or transition tag. Even if hes the regular-season MVP and the Super Bowl MVP, he gets $7.5 million.
