Lofa Tatupu contract details out, better than we thought.

[scar988]

It's a two year deal. Broken down as such:

$600,000 signing bonus, so $300,000 cap hit per year.
2012 base - $750,000
2013 base - $1,000,000 but will turn into $2,250,000 if he hits playing time incentives.
In terms of LTBE incentives for 2012, there isn't a single one. However, Tatupu can make $40,625 per game if he is active this season. For a max of $650,000 that would turn into LTBE incentives for 2013.

Cap Hits:
2012 - $1,050,000
2013 - $1,300,000 if he plays all 16 it turns into $3,200,000 as he would surely hit all PT incentives for the bigger bonus.

http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcsouth/post/_/id/36463/around-the-nfc-south-325

So essentially this:

Year 1 - $750,000 salary + $300,000 Signing Bonus = $1.050 M cap hit
Year 2 - $1.000 M salary + $300,000 Signing Bonus = $1.300 M cap hit
OR - $2.25M salary + $650k incentives + $300k Signing bonus = $3.200 M cap hit.

So while Tatupu can legitimately make up to 4.9M in his deal, a maximum of 4.25 can hit the cap and this year just 1.050 will hit the cap.
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[GrimeyKid]

Is this a good thing?

[scar988]

[adam9]

Yeah, but I read somewhere that he didn't play last year because he didn't have any team's interested in him not because he wasn't healthy. This kind of makes me wonder if he will start.
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[scar988]

[adam9]

[Robust Perry]

Contract details better than we thought... actual results much worse

[Jgoldiscool]

[scar988]

[adam9]