After wide receiver A.J. Green completed his one-year contract with the Arizona Cardinals in 2021, the team re-signed him for another season. In 2017, he had his greatest season since the previous campaign, in which he caught 54 passes for 848 yards and three touchdowns.
His previous contract was worth $6 million per year, but this new one is for $3.5 million.
The duration of the agreement is one year, and the total value is $3.5 million. There is a signing bonus of $1.88 million for him.
He receives a guaranteed salary of $1.12 million each year, which is the minimum for his league. Active roster bonuses of up to $500,000 per game are also available to him.
In order to evenly distribute the signing bonus proration across the length of the deal, the Cardinals inserted two vacant years. This means that in 2022, his cap figure won’t be $3.5 million, but rather over $2.2 million.
The team is already saddled with $2.5 million in dead money from his previous contract due to the empty years written into his last agreement, bringing his true cap impact to well over $4.7 million.
How Much Does A.J. Green Make?
A. J. Green makes an average of $3.5 million per year. Green will get a base salary of $1,120,000, a signing bonus of $1,880,000, and a roster bonus of $500,000. He will also have a cap hit of $2,217,256 and a dead cap value of $3,000,000.