The Seattle Seahawks won the Super Bowl in January, and that extra attention that comes with a deep run in the postseason and a Lombardi Trophy has meant the biggest free agent news for Seattle so far Monday has been players departing.
First it was Ken Walker agreeing to terms with the Kansas City Chiefs, followed by reports that safety Coby Bryant had reach agreement on contract terms with the Chicago Bears. Bryant can’t officially sign a new deal with the Bears until Wednesday, but NFL insider Aaron
Wilson of KPRC2 has the details on how much it is going to cost Chicago to bring Bryant to town.
Broken out for ease of reading, the deal looks like this:
- $12M signing bonus
- 2026 salary of $1.5M
- 2027 salary of $12.25M
- 2028 salary of $11.75M
- $1.36M of per game roster bonuses
- $500k roster bonus on 5th day of league year in 2028
Breaking that down by season, the cap hits based on the preceding would be as follows:
- 2026: $5.5M ($1.5M base salary + $4M signing bonus proration)
- 2027: $16.93M ($12.25M base salary + $4M signing bonus proration + $680k in per game roster bonuses)
- 2028: $16.93M ($11.75M base salary + $4M signing bonus proration + $680k in per game roster bonuses + $500k roster bonus)
The detail about which questions will remain until the exact terms of the contract are posted likely surround the per game roster bonuses. $1.36M in per game roster bonuses over the life of the contract would logically be divided up evenly over the three seasons. However, $1.36M over three years is $453,333 per season, which is obviously division that does not work out very evenly. In contrast, if the per game roster bonuses total $680k per season, a nice even $40k per game over the course of a 17 game season, then the numbers are nice and round and make more sense.
