Definitely in the ballpark for what I'm expecting, but I don't like how Spotrac presents their numbers.
They highlight the five year extension with $82.5M in new money while leaving readers to glean that the deal also includes $13M from the final year of Amari Cooper's rookie contract.
In total, they are paying Cooper $95.5M over the entire six years of the contract.
And why are they carrying over only $13M from Copper's 5th year option when that number is actually on the books for $13.924M?
My projection for the extension is also adding five years to Cooper's contract, so the entire deal runs over six seasons the same as Spotrac's.
I went a bit higher, though, with a total value of $100M, which is an average annual value (AAV) of $16.67M, third among WRs. Coop and his agent would be able to brag about being the first wideout to get a $100M contract.
46% of the deal is guaranteed and it pays $48M in cash over the first three seasons.
2019: $3.2M signing bonus, $7M base salary (fully guaranteed) = $10.2M cap number
2020: $3.2M signing bonus, $11M base salary (fully guaranteed) = $14.2M cap number
2021: $3.2M signing bonus, $14M base salary (12M guaranteed) = $17.2M cap number
2022: $3.2M signing bonus, $15M base salary = $18.2M cap number
2023: $3.2M signing bonus, $18M base salary = $21.2M cap number
2024: $0 signing bonus, $20M base salary = $20M cap number
This would lower Cooper's '19 cap number by $3.72M.
The team could also re-structure the 2020 base salary to create $8M in cap room, if needed.
Coop would only turn 30 in the last year of the contract, so he'd stand a very good chance of getting most of the money in this deal.