Found my proposal in Boss Chiefs thread:
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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
I think your total figures are about 12-15% too high. Let's say 5/60 w/ $32 million guaranteed instead.
Signing bonus of $20 million with guaranteed salaries of 3 and 5 million in years 1 and 2, partially guaranteed at $8 million in year 3. Unguaranteed salaries of $10 and $14 million in years 4 and 5.
2017: $7 million cap hit
2018: $9 million cap hit
2019: $12 million cap hit
2020: $14 million cap hit
2021: $18 million cap hit
At that point keeping him around in 2020 is actually feasible so you've actually gotten return on 4 years of that signing bonus instead of 3 and then eating 2 of them. If you keep him through 4 years, you've spent $46 million over 4 seasons (fair figure for the market) and if all hell breaks loose you've spent $36 over three; as a worst case scenario, Berry does pretty well there.
So ultimately I'd say no to your proposal but you have my counter, Mr. Berry.
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Looks like I got the signing bonus right at $20 million. I put the guarantee lower (I didn't guarantee as much salary as this deal likely will), but I'm betting in the end my 5/$60 million ends up really really close to what he actually sees in the first 5 years of this deal and I think the 6th year allows some salary spread that makes it possible that my 4/$46 prediction also ends up pretty close to balls on.