Brandon Marshall has impressed his new team so much, that they’ve given him a pretty good raise. According to ESPN.com, Marshall has his contract retooled, including an extra $2 million or so in guaranteed money.
The maximum value of his amended pact is $26 million over the next three seasons, up from $24.3 million, including an additional $1.3 million in full guarantees.
Marshall was scheduled to earn up to $7.7 million this season in the form of a $7.5 million base salary and a $200,000 workout bonus, but his new deal includes a fully guaranteed base salary of $9 million for 2015, though his workout bonus has been eliminated.
Marshall’s 2016 base salary compensation rose from $7.9 million to $9.5 million, which is guaranteed for injury only. Marshall’s 2017 base salary was narrowed from $8.3 million (plus $200,000 more in the form of a workout bonus) to $7.5 million, with a $700,000 de-escalator clause for any Super Bowl victory during the years of the contract.
The Jets just basically gave Marshall the chance to earn a few million more.