Expected Contract Value: AJ Green Numbers & Comparison to Other WRs

Expected Contract Value forecasts that AJ Green can expect to see about $52.27 million of the $70.176 million he is schedule to earn over the next 5 seasons.  This comes in behind Julio Jones ($57.286M [ignoring the 2020 contract year]) and Dez Bryant ($55.3M), but ahead of Demaryius Thomas ($50.511M) and TY Hilton ($44.152M).  But keep in mind that Green’s fully guaranteed money at signing ($26.75M) is well behind that of Bryant ($32M), Thomas ($35M), and Jones ($35.5M).  This goes to show that fully guaranteed money is generally overrated in contract analysis.  It has an affect on the earnings expectation of a player, but if the difference is whether or not the second year base salary is fully guaranteed, then the difference is going to be minimal.  Numbers for all of the WRs below the break:

AJ Green
YearSalaryExpected OutcomeExpected ValueAdjustment
201599.3%$26,750,000
2016$10,000,00090.4%$9,038,219
2017$10,500,00073.1%$7,671,924
2018$10,750,00047.6%$5,111,914
2019$12,176,00030.4%$3,698,301
Subtotal$25,520,361$26,750,000
Total$52,270,361
Julio Jones
YearSalaryExpected OutcomeExpected ValueAdjustment
201599.9%$22,000,000
201698.5%$13,500,000
2017$11,500,00079.4%$9,125,339
2018$10,500,00063.1%$6,629,630
2019$12,500,00048.2%$6,031,021
2020$11,426,00027.8%$3,181,824
Subtotal$24,967,814$35,500,000
Total$60,467,814
Dez Bryant
YearSalaryExpected OutcomeExpected ValueAdjustment
2015100.0%$23,000,000
201698.8%$9,000,000
2017$13,000,00095.3%$12,389,000
2018$12,500,00052.4%$6,550,000
2019$12,500,00034.9%$4,362,500
Subtotal$23,301,500$32,000,000
Total$55,301,500
Demaryius Thomas
YearSalaryExpected OutcomeExpected ValueAdjustment
201599.9%$22,000,000
201697.4%$13,000,000
2017$8,500,00072.7%$6,179,500
2018$12,500,00044.3%$5,537,500
2019$14,000,00027.1%$3,794,000
Subtotal$15,511,000$35,000,000
Total$50,511,000
TY Hilton
YearSalaryExpected OutcomeExpected ValueAdjustment
201599.9%$11,000,000
2016$9,000,00093.7%$8,433,000
2017$8,000,00086.1%$6,888,000
2018$11,000,00065.4%$7,194,000
2019$13,000,00051.4%$6,682,000
2020$14,542,00027.2%$3,955,424
Subtotal$33,152,424$11,000,000
Total$44,152,424