2018 Salary Cap Charge: $15,500,000 % of 2018 Team Cap: 8.70% 2018 Cash Payout: $12,500,000 % of 2018 Team Cash Spending: 8.07% 2018 Cash to Cap Ratio: 0.81 Total Contract Value: $82,500,000 Annual Contract Value: $16,500,000 Position Ranking: 1/48 at 34OLB Fully Guaranteed Money: $31,000,000 Age: 28 Height: 6' 5" Weight: 265 College: Syracuse Accrued Seasons: 6 Entry: 2012 Draft, Round 1, #21 overall (Patriots) Year Signed: 2017 Contract Type: Franchise Free Agency: 2022 (UFA)
Contract Notes
Chandler Jones signed a five year, $82.5 million contract with the Cardinals on March 11, 2017. Jones received $53 million in guarantees, $22 million of which is guaranteed at signing. Jones' signing bonus is worth $15 million. Jones had been designated a franchise player when he signed his contract. The new contract saved the Cardinals $4.55 million against the salary cap in 2017.
Current Contract Year Age Base Salary (Guaranteed) Bonuses Cap Cap % Dead Money & Cap Savings
Cut (pre-June 1) Cut (post-June 1) Trade (pre-June 1) Trade (post-June 1) Restructure Extension
Prorated Roster Workout Other 2017 27 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $3,000,000 $0 $0 $0 $10,000,000 6.0% 2018 28 $12,500,000 $12,500,000 $3,000,000 $0 $0 $0 $15,500,000 8.7% $36,000,000
$27,000,000
$12,000,000
$3,000,000
$0
$0
($20,500,000)
($11,500,000)
$3,500,000
$12,500,000
$8,782,500
$9,368,000
2019 29 $16,500,000 $11,500,000 $3,000,000 $0 $0 $0 $19,500,000 10.3% $20,500,000
$14,500,000
$9,000,000
$3,000,000
$0
$0
($1,000,000)
$5,000,000
$10,500,000
$16,500,000
$10,463,333
$12,556,000
2020 30 $16,000,000 $3,000,000 $0 $0 $0 $19,000,000 9.5% $6,000,000
$3,000,000
$6,000,000
$3,000,000
$0
$0
$13,000,000
$16,000,000
$13,000,000
$16,000,000
$7,590,000
$12,144,000
2021 31 $15,500,000 $3,000,000 $0 $0 $0 $18,500,000 -- $3,000,000
$3,000,000
$3,000,000
$3,000,000
$0
$0
$15,500,000
$15,500,000
$15,500,000
$15,500,000
$0
$12,400,000
Total $67,500,000 $15,000,000 $0 $0 $0 $82,500,000
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Contract History
Career Earnings: $37,972,499 Years: 6 Career APY: $6,328,750 Team Contract Type Status Year Signed Yrs Total APY Amount Earned % Earned Effective APY Patriots Drafted Traded 2012 5 $15,972,499 $3,194,500 $8,173,499 51.2% $2,043,375 Cardinals Drafted Expired 2016 5 $15,972,499 $3,194,500 $7,799,000 48.8% $7,799,000 Cardinals Franchise Active 2017 5 $82,500,000 $16,500,000 $22,000,000 26.7% $22,000,000
Earnings By Team Team Yrs Salary APY Paid on Cap % Paid on Cap Paid as Dead Money % Paid as Dead Money Patriots 4 $8,173,499 $2,043,375 $8,173,499 0.0% $0 0.0% Cardinals 2 $29,799,000 $14,899,500 $17,799,000 0.0% $0 0.0%
Salary Cap History Year Team Base Salary (Guaranteed) Bonuses Cap Cap % Prorated Roster Workout Other 2012 Patriots $390,000 $1,096,091 $0 $0 $0 $1,486,091 1.2% 2013 Patriots $761,522 $761,522 $1,096,091 $0 $0 $0 $1,857,613 1.5% 2014 Patriots $1,133,045 $1,133,045 $1,096,091 $0 $0 $0 $2,229,136 1.7% 2015 Patriots $1,504,568 $752,284 $1,096,091 $0 $0 $0 $2,600,659 1.8% 2016 Cardinals $7,799,000 $7,799,000 $0 $0 $0 $0 $7,799,000 5.0% 2017 Cardinals $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $3,000,000 $0 $0 $0 $10,000,000 6.0% 2018 Cardinals $12,500,000 $12,500,000 $3,000,000 $0 $0 $0 $15,500,000 8.7% 2019 Cardinals $16,500,000 $11,500,000 $3,000,000 $0 $0 $0 $19,500,000 10.3% 2020 Cardinals $16,000,000 $3,000,000 $0 $0 $0 $19,000,000 9.5% 2021 Cardinals $15,500,000 $3,000,000 $0 $0 $0 $18,500,000 -- Total $79,088,135 $19,384,364 $0 $0 $0 $98,472,499
Statistics (2014-present) Year Games Played Snaps Tackles Negative Plays Interceptions Fumbles TD Defense Special Solo Assist Sacks Yards TFL QB Hits Pass Def. INT Yards Forced Recovered Yards 2014 10 52.2% 14.2% 30 13 6 49.5 5 11 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 2015 15 78.8% 29.3% 31 13 12.5 89.5 11 18 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 2016 16 87.3% 17.4% 38 11 11 85.5 15 21 3 0 0 4 2 0 0 2017 16 98.5% 13.3% 47 6 15 104 25 30 3 0 0 2 0 0 0
Financial Reports Yearly Cap Charge vs. Dead Money (pre-June 1 cut)
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Positional Comparisons to League Average
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