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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pokerbrat2000" data-source="post: 957298" data-attributes="member: 7261">I don't think that there is any question that Jones's current contract won't be in existence after the 3rd day of the new league year.  That is when his $7M of his $7.4 M roster bonus would kick in.Here is my guess as to what happens.  Potentially, the Packers and Jones instead of parting ways, tear that contract up and make a new one.  Packers still have to take the cap hits on all the upfront money of the old contract ($4.02M).  Basically, Jones is going to be in a contract year in 2022, whether he stays in GB on a new contract or gets cut and signs with another team.  If he stays on a new contract, the $7M roster bonus will slide down depending on his productivity.  IF he has a banner year and the Packers and him agree to effectively a $15M 2023 salary, then $1M of that roster bonus goes away and he gets paid a total of $15M.  Now if he has a below his norm year, but the Packers still want to keep him, maybe the whole $7M disappears and he sticks around for around $10M.</blockquote>

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