Eagles

The Eagles Will Overpay Saints Backup Chase Daniel Again

By Kyle Scott

Published: Mar 30th, 2017 · 12:38 PM EDT

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From Pro Football Talk:

Per a source with knowledge of the contract, the Saints will pay Daniel a guaranteed base salary of $900,000. Since he had $5 million in fully-guaranteed salary from the Eagles in 2017, he’ll get the remaining $4.1 million from them.

Daniel also can earn up to $3 million in incentives. Because the Eagles agreed to reduce the offset to $2 million, they would get the first $1.1 million of any incentive payments, with Daniel keeping the rest. If my math is correct (and it rarely is), this means that Daniel can make up to $6.9 million in 2017.

Howie Roseman, master of the cap.

It’s kind of embarrassing that the Eagles will have ~$20 million in cap payments, as computed by Brandon Gowton, to quarterbacks this season, including two guys, Sam Bradford and Daniel, who aren’t here anymore.

The net result on Daniel is that the Eagles will pay $4.1 million and take a cap hit of $7 million this season on a backup quarterback who no longer plays for them.

The Eagles initially saved $1 million on Daniel’s cap hit of $8 million when they cut him, and they can get up to an additional $2 million back from the cap offset, meaning Daniel’s $900k salary and up to $1.1 million worth of incentives (which for Daniel I assume means completing a regular season pass and not displaying his displeasure with his role) will be credited to the Eagles next season— 2018.

I get the fact that Carson Wentz maybe wasn’t in the plans when the Eagles signed Daniel last year… but this sort of ridiculousnesses doesn’t exactly inspire confidence in a GM, let alone one known for his mastery of the cap. At least Bradford yielded a first round pick. Daniel’s lasting legacy is chafeage and cap inflexibility.