didn't show up for the start of the ' voluntary offseason workout program on Monday, which means the five-time All-Pro tight end is jeopardizing the $250,000 workout bonus in his contract. Gronkowski must succe sfully complete 90 percent of the workouts to get the bonus. There were 33 workouts last year, which didn't include the mandatory three-day minicamp in June; a suming the same number again, Gronkowski can't earn the bonus if he mi ses more than three workouts.Some are taking Gronkowski's absence to mean he is undecided about continuing his football career. Gronkowski surprised many after LII with the revelation that he is contemplating retirement, which may have been partially driven by the concu sion he suffered against the in the AFC Championship game. Patriots owner Robert Kraft recently dismi sed the notion of Gronkowski retiring. Others, like myself, have considered the retirement talk as just a negotiating ploy since it first started. The Athletic's Jeff Howe reported that .Gronk's contractGronkowski signed a six-year, $54 million contract extension in 2012, which made him the 's highest-paid tight end by average yearly salary. The extension contained $18.17 million of guarantees. Gronkowski, a 2010 second-round pick, was given the extension after just two NFL seasons, which isn
Roberto Osuna Jersey 't permi sible anymore. Drafted players operating under the rookie wage scale implemented by the 2011 Collective Bargaining Agreement must wait three seasons before being able to sign new deals. He had two years left on his rookie contract prior to signing the extension.Gronkowski's new deal was originally structured so the Patriots had until the last day of the 2015 league year (early March 2016) to pick up his 2016 through 2019 contract years. A $10 million payment (i.
Devon Travis Jersey e.; option bonus) due at the end of that March was required to get these four years, containing $27 million in salary. The contract also contained a clause prohibiting the Patriots from designating Gronkowski as a franchise or transition player if the extra years weren't picked up, which would have allowed him to hit the open market. A contract modification favoring Gronkowski was made when training camp opened in 2015. From his $10 million option bonus, $4 million was given to him as a signing bonus payable almost immediately. The other $6 million remained as an option bonus with the same exercise and payment date as in the 2012 extension.Gronk's discontentGronkowski first publicly expre sed displeasure with his situation on Twitter in March 2016 by characterizing New England picking up his option as a pay cut for the final four years of his deal. His view of his contract is quite common among players, where the focus is on the remaining compensation instead of looking at the deal in its entirety.Drew Rosenhaus, Gronkowski's agent, attempted to get the Patriots to addre s his client's contract in 2016 when visiting training camp. Not surprisingly, Rosenhaus wasn't succe sful considering Gronkowski had four years remaining on
Marcus Stroman Jersey his contract, which runs through the 2019 season. The Patriots finally addre sed the disgruntled tight end's deal last offseason. $5.5 million of incentives were added only to Gronkowski's 2017 contract year, which contained a $5 million salary. He earned the entire amount when he was named first team All-Pro by The A sociated Pre s. Gronkowksi is scheduled to make $9 million for the upcoming season and $10 million in 2019. The $9 million consists of an $8 million base salary, $750,000 in game day active-roster bonuses ($46,875 per game) and the previously mentioned $250,000 workout bonus. The same salary components apply to 2019, except Gronkowski's base salary is $9 million. Given's Gronkowski's stance about the option in 2016, he is likely viewing these two years as a pay cut since he made over $10 million in 2017.Gronkowski has dropped to the fourth-highest paid tight end by average yearly salary since signing in 2012. Two tight-end contracts signed during free agency last month may have provided confirmation to Gronkowski that something more than another short-term fix with incentives should be done with his contract. He is in the exact same place with his existing contract -- two years remaining -- as he was in 2012 when he signed his current deal. got similar money
Toronto Blue Jays Hoodie at 31 years old and after a major knee injury in 2015 as he did at 27, when the made him the NFL's first $10 million-per-year tight end a year earlier. He remains the NFL's only $10 million-per-year tight end on his deal with the , although he had a sizable statistical regre sion last season. With $13 million in the first contract year, Graham's deal is worth up to $30.75 million because of $250,000 in annual incentives. has become the NFL's sixth-highest-paid tight end by average yearly salary with the four-year, $32 million contract the gave him despite being a largely unproven commodity. He received only limited opportunities with the Eagles over the last four years playing behind Pro Bowl tight end and 11-year veteran . Burton has a player-friendly contract structure: $18 million is fully guaranteed at signing, which is e sentially the same as the guarantees in Gronkowski's contract. His deal is worth up to $34.8 million because of $2.8 million in annual incentives primarily based on individual statistical achievement. A majority of the incentives will be earned if Burton performs like a Pro-Bowl caliber tight end. Although Burton is actually making $7.8 million in 2018 because half of his $7 million signing bonus isn't payable until next March, Gronkowski won't look at it that way. He'll view Burton's 2018 compensation as $11.3 million because he won't make or acknowledge the distinction with the timing of the signing-bonus payment. Only one tight end is scheduled to make more than the $19 million Gronkowski is set to receive over the next two years, and that's Graham, who has $22 million in the first two years of his contract.Gronk's valueGronkowski is clearly the best tight end in football. In the last three seasons when Gronkowski was healthy (2014, 2015 and 2017), he was named first team
Roger Clemens Jersey All-Pro. Gronkowski was limited to eight games in 2016 because he was slowed by a hamstring problem early in the season and ended the season on injured reserve with a back injury requiring his third back surgery. A torn right ACL and a slower-than-expected recovery from a broken forearm derailed Gronkowski's 2013 season.Gronkowski leads tight ends with 3,924 receiving yards, 34 touchdown receptions and 15.8 yards per catch (minimum of 100 catches) since the start of the 2014 season despite mi sing 12 games. The 34 touchdowns are tied for third in the NFL with . His 3,924 yards are 15th in the NFL during this span. Unlike most great pa s-catching tight ends, Gronkowski is also an excellent blocker. He is New England's most important offensive player outside of quarterback , the
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