Kamara's contract isn't what it seems.

In fact, it's much closer to what many expected.

Not all the numbers are out, but enough to piece things together.

First is that only about $18 mil is fully guaranteed. So the other $16 mil is only currently guaranteed for injury. This is a good bit less than the $30 mil fully guaranteed McCaffrey got.

Of that $18 mil, $15 mil is signing bonus which can be spread a max of 5 years. It seems they wanted it to start counting this year so that 2025 would have no dead money (currently; they may adjust things later). The rest is his salary for this year (about $1 mil) and next year ($2 mil).

And the $25 mil in 2025 is completely for vanity's sake. He will never earn that as he'll be reworked or cut well before.

So this really breaks down to a 5 year, roughly $52 mil deal if you count this year, or a 4 year, $48 mil deal if not.

So in truth he is making either about $10-12 mil depending on if you count this year or not.