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.
