{"id":57486,"date":"2022-08-26T22:39:59","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T22:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/chiefs-amend-wr-juju-smith-schusters-contract-increasing-2022-bonuses\/"},"modified":"2022-08-26T22:39:59","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T22:39:59","slug":"chiefs-amend-wr-juju-smith-schusters-contract-increasing-2022-bonuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/chiefs-amend-wr-juju-smith-schusters-contract-increasing-2022-bonuses\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs amend WR JuJu Smith-Schuster’s contract, increasing 2022 bonuses"},"content":{"rendered":"
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on Friday, ESPN’s<\/em> Field Yates reported<\/a> that the Kansas City Chiefs have amended their deal with former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster. The adjusted contract raised his old $30,000 per-game roster bonus to $60,000, giving him the opportunity to earn up to $510,000 more ($30,000 times 17 games) in the coming season.<\/p>\n

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The Chiefs agreed to an amended contract for WR JuJu Smith-Schuster that increases his per-game roster bonus from $30K to $60K, per source.<\/p>\n

Smith-Schuster can now earn an extra $510K via per-game bonuses this year.<\/p>\n

Nice touch by the Chiefs to give him a chance for more upside.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Field Yates (@FieldYates) August 26, 2022<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

But unmentioned in Yates’ report is the fact Kansas City can make this move at a very small cost to the team’s salary cap. This is because Smith-Schuster only played in five Steelers games in 2021, meaning that this year’s salary-cap impact for a per-game roster bonus only counts for five games. In salary-cap calculations, the rest is considered as not-likely-to-earned<\/em> (NLTBE). Any NLTBE money that is earned in 2022 will count against Kansas City’s salary cap in 2023.<\/p>\n

For example: If Smith-Schuster is on the active roster for 10 games in 2022, he will be paid a $60,000 roster bonus for every one of them. But in 2022, just five of those bonuses will count against the cap; the rest will be counted against the team’s 2023 salary cap. <\/p>\n

So while the Chiefs have given Smith-Schuster (who is now injured) 510,000 more<\/em> Reasons to get (and stay) healthy, just 150,000 of them will count against the team’s 2022 cap. The other 360,000 will be counted against the cap in 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n