He wants a Super Bowl Championship more than a contract, but the numbers behind Jalen Hurts’ historic contract extension are incredible.
More intriguing details came Tuesday morning from NFL Senior Reporter Albert Breer of the Monday Morning Quarterback.
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Breer broke down Hurts’ five-year, $255 million extension. He gets $110 million fully guaranteed, $23.294 million to sign the contract, and his base salary grows yearly from 2023 to 2028. Hurts will make $51 million in 2027 and 2028.
💰Jalen Hurts’ 5-yr, $255M extension💰
• $110M fully guaranteed.
• $23.294M to sign.
• 2023: $1.01M base.
• 2024: $1.125M base, $38.875M option.
• 2025: $1.175M base, $40.83M option.
• 2026: $1.215M base, $49.875M option.
• 2027: $51M*.
• 2028: $51M*.*Keep reading 🧵
— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) April 25, 2023
Breer highlights other numbers in Hurts’ contract, but the theme is how the Eagles are showing faith in its former second-round selection of the 2020 NFL Draft. Hurts showed he could take the franchise to the Super Bowl and nearly won a championship.
… In 2027, the Eagles can either pay $5M in an option bonus with a $46M base OR $49.655M in an option bonus with a $1.345M base. In 2028, it’s either a $10M option bonus with a $41M base, or $49.6M option bonus with a $1.4M base.
The guarantees are interesting too. 👇
— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) April 25, 2023
Just $3.696M of Hurts’ 2026 money is fully guaranteed now. But another $12.8M becomes fully guaranteed next March, and $18M on top of that vests in March ’25. So he’s getting that money. Also, $22M of his 2027 money becomes fully guaranteed in March ’26.
As for the cap. 👇
— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) April 25, 2023
Eagles are paying Hurts $157.304M for the next 4 years, but his cap numbers over that time are $5.7M, $13.7M, $22.4M and $33.0M. That leaves $83M in cash to be accounted for on the cap in ’27, ’28 and ’29. If they cut Hurts after ’26, $49.8M in dead money hits their cap.
More 👇
— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) April 25, 2023
The Eagles could easily near the end of Hurts’ deal with over $100M in cap charges to account for. That can be managed if Hurts is extended again, which underscores how this deal shows a lot faith in Hurts.
My conclusion: VERY aggressive structure, and a strong deal for the QB.
— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) April 25, 2023
He is hungry for the future, and Eagles fans are excited about it.
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