NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement

Article 28
Performance-Based Pool

Section 5(b)(ii)
Methodology

(b)(ii)

For players who were released or traded and later signed by the same Club during the regular season, the Paragraph 5 Salary from the player’s initial contract shall be used for the period ending with the player’s release, and the Paragraph 5 Salary from the player’s subsequent contract shall be used for the period from release through the term of the subsequent contract;