Mike Florio, writing this morning about the Rams’ Nick Foles problem:

Per a source with knowledge of the deal, the contract given to Foles earlier this year has a $6 million roster bonus due on the third day of the 2016 league year. The bonus is guaranteed for skill and injury, which means the Rams are on the hook for the amount.

Foles also has a salary in 2016 of $1.75 million, guaranteed only for injury until the fifth day of the 2016 league year, at which point it becomes fully guaranteed. While the Rams can avoid that by cutting him, they can’t avoid the $6 million roster bonus. The source says the $6 million roster bonus also has no offset language, meaning that Foles gets to keep the $6 million if he’s released, undiminished by anything he earns elsewhere.

In other words, Foles would have to kill a man or incur the wrath of Roger Goodell and the NFL’s conduct policy to negate his $6 million roster bonus next season. Otherwise, the Rams are on the hook for it unless they find anyone who wants to trade for Foles. Bueller? Bueller? Bueller? Nope. No takers. And Marcus Vick wouldn’t approve of that sort of thing anyway:

Sure, it’s on the Rams that they signed Foles. But now they’re stuck paying him, who over his two years combined with the Rams (or at least on their payroll) will earn over $10 million, not far off the $13 million they avoided paying Bradford this year. And oh, by the way, stats:

Bradford: 214-for-335, 2,297 yards, 11 TD, 10 int, 82.4 QB rating

Foles:145-for-256, 1,678 yards, 7 TD, 6 int, 75.9 QB rating


Chip may still not have his quarterback, but even with Bradford’s injury, the Foles trade is likely in the Eagles’ favor.