See the incentives for yourself
The full details of Russell Wilson’s one-year, $10.5 million contract are in. Here they are.
Wilson gets $10.5 million fully guaranted in 2025. That breaks down as follows:
- An $8 million signing bonus
- A $2 million base salary
- A $500,000 workout bonus
All of that equals a cap hit of $10.5 million.
The incentives break down as shown below, per Spotrac, with them being considered ‘Not Likely To Be Earned’ or NLTBE, so they do not count against the 2025 salary cap. The performance incentives are all slightly above what Wilson accomplished in 2024, making them NLTBE
Regular Season Win Incentive
- Team Win with 50% Snaps: $176,471
Playing Time Incentives
- 65%: $500,000
- 75%: $1M
- 85%: $1.5M
Performance Incentives
- 96+ Passer Rating: $500,000
- 64%+ Completion Rate: $500,000
- 20 TD Passes + 88 Passer Rating: $500,000
- 30 TD Passes + 88 Passer Rating: $250,000
- 2,500 Pass Yards + 88 Passer Rating: $500,000
- 3,500 Pass Yards + 88 Passer Rating: $250,000
Playoff Incentives
- 55% Snaps + Playoff Berth: $750,000
- 75% Snaps + Playoff Berth: $1.5M
- 55% Snaps + Playoff Win: $500,000 (max 2 wins)
Giants cap space
Remember the days before free agency when the Giants were flush with cap space? Well, not anymore. The Giants, per Spotrac, now have $5.51 million in Top 51 cap space, with the contracts of Jameis Winston, Zach Pascal and Aaron Stinnie not yet figured into the calculation.
The Giants will need to create space. They could cut placekicker Graham Gano, a savings of $4.415 million against the cap as a post-June 1 cut. They could also restructure the contracts of players like Brian Burns, Andrew Thomas and Dexter Lawrence.
