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Russell Wilson, Matthew Stafford and Deebo Samuel are among the notable NFL players due to receive big payouts before the end of the day.
Per ESPN’s Field Yates, Stafford will earn a $30 million payment from his deferred signing bonus as part of the contract extension he signed with the Los Angeles Rams last offseason.
Wilson is owed $12 million by the Denver Broncos, and Samuel is due $14.035 million from the San Francisco 49ers. Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay has to pay out $27 million between Quenton Nelson and Matt Ryan today.
As far as finances go, it’s been a good month for the Stafford family. His signing bonus payment today comes after another $57 million in his contract became fully guaranteed for being on the Rams’ roster on March 17.
The $57 million is split between Stafford’s option bonus and his $31 million base salary in 2024.
Wilson’s contract has a $20 million guaranteed option bonus that had to be exercised between March 15 and 19.
Samuel’s three-year, $71.6 million extension with the 49ers signed in August includes $58.1 million in total guarantees. He is owed a $9.215 million option bonus for the 2023 season.
NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported earlier this month that Ryan’s trade to the Colts last offseason included a new contract that guaranteed the 2016 NFL MVP $12 million in 2023 that wasn’t in his previous deal with the Atlanta Falcons.
Even though the Colts released Ryan on March 15, he’s still going to count $18 million against their cap in large part because of the new guaranteed money added to his deal.
Shaquille Leonard, DeForest Buckner and Braden Smith are the only Colts players who will have a higher cap hit than Ryan in 2023.
Nelson received a four-year, $80 million extension from the Colts before Week 1 last season. The deal made him the highest-paid guard in the NFL at the time. Chris Lindstrom surpassed it when he signed a five-year, $105 million extension with the Atlanta Falcons on March 13.
In addition to his $19 million payment owed today, Nelson’s $19 million base salary in 2024 became fully guaranteed on March 19.