re: Young’s contract includes $7.99mm in game bonuses

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Albert Breer
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Some background on Saints DE Chase Young's deal: Scans on his neck made it tough to find a suitor. No one would clear him on his physical. The condition was initially found after he had a stinger last year vs. the Browns in preseason.

He'll have neck surgery tomorrow.

Albert Breer
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The idea in doing the 1-year deal with the Saints, with $5.01 million guaranteed, and $7.99 million in per-game rosters, was to allow for Young to get locked in with a team, go through the 3-5 month rehab from surgery, and have a chance to make the money back.


Albert Breer
@AlbertBreer
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So new Saints DE Chase Young gets $5.01 million, and the remaining $7.99 million will be tied to him being on the active roster on gameday—which protects the team, in the case that he's not ready to roll.

FWIW, this is probably the biggest per-game roster bonus number I've seen.

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