That time is now long gone.
Mat stafford contractr.
When patrick mahomes agreed to his astronomical 450 million contract extension with the kansas city chiefs the reigning super bowl mvp rocketed to the top of the salary heap.
Stafford received 92 million guaranteed 60 5 million of which is fully guaranteed at signing.
Espn s adam schefter is reporting that the detroit lions and quarterback matthew stafford have agreed to restructure his contract ahead of the 2020 season.
Lions qb matthew stafford restructured his contract this week converting his 7 8 million base salary into signing bonus per source.
The lions have reworked qb matthew stafford s contract.
Matthew stafford signed a 5 year 135 000 000 contract with the detroit lions including a 50 000 000 signing bonus 92 000 000 guaranteed and an average annual salary of 27 000 000.
As dave birkett of the detroit free press observes stafford s renegotiation in 2019 gave the lions the ability to exercise a 7 2mm option bonus by yesterday twitter link.
In 2020 stafford will earn a base salary of 7 200 000 a restructure bonus of 7 800 000 and a workout bonus of 500 000 while carrying a cap hit of.
These contract details come from a report by mike florio of pro football talk.
Once upon a time matthew stafford was the nfl s highest paid quarterback.