Giants will guarantee Jason Pierre-Paul $8.5M in new deal
The New York Giants are betting $8.5 million – at least – that Jason Pierre-Paul can return to his old form in 2016.
The one-year contract Pierre-Paul agreed to Tuesday included a $4.25 million signing bonus and a fully guaranteed base salary of $4.25 million, according to details obtained by Paste BN Sports.
Pierre-Paul also has a $300,000 workout bonus and can earn a total of $1.2 million in per-game active roster bonuses, meaning he can make $10 million before even triggering $500,000 in incentives tied to sacks.
That’s a far less incentive-driven deal than Pierre-Paul, 27, had to take last year, when he lost a finger in a July 4 fireworks accident after sitting out offseason workouts because he hadn’t signed his franchise tag.
Pierre-Paul returned to play in eight games, registering just one sack. But he wrote in an Instagram post Wednesday that he had interest on the open market, specifically thanking the Arizona Cardinals.
Now, he can be up to $10.5 million richer before he hits the market again next March.
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