With the talk about a $10M or $10M+ deal for him, it’s interesting that Graham received $40M over 4 years. $21M of it is guaranteed and he receives the guaranteed money during the first two years of the contract. That according to the link in NorthWestCheeseHead post #63, is slightly less than, but similar to Brandon Marshall’s deal signed this year. Marshall is listed as the 7th highest paid WR. Marshall’s four year deal total was slightly less ($700K) but his guarantee is $1.3M more. And as rotoworld writes, Graham’s “camp had no leverage in this deal because they were handcuffed by the franchise tag”.
BTW, Graham’s raise from last year to this ($1.3M to $13M) is a 1,000% raise and his raise from his rookie deal on an average annual basis ($2.445M for 4 years) of $611,250 to $10M per year average is a 1,636% increase, if my math is correct. And he very likely would have received even more as a UFA.