Houston Signs

[Rain Man]

I apologize if this has already been discussed, but I went to this site to look at Justin's year by year pay. http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/kansas-ci...ustin-houston/

Why is his base salary so low in Year 1?

[code]Year Age Base Salary Signing Bonus Workout Bonus Cap Hit Dead Cap
2015 Contract details by year 26 $1,000,000 $4,100,000 - $5,100,000 -
2016 Contract details by year 27 $15,000,000 $4,100,000 - $19,100,000 -
2017 Contract details by year 28 $16,500,000 $4,100,000 - $20,600,000 -
2018 Contract details by year 29 $15,000,000 $4,100,000 - $19,100,000 -
2019 Contract details by year 30 $15,500,000 $4,100,000 - $19,600,000 -
2020 Contract details by year 31 $17,500,000 - - $17,500,000 [code]

If you assume that he pays his agent 5 percent and then loses another 45 percent to taxes, he'll only take home about $2.5 million in 2015, or about $200,000 per month. But it'll get better in 2016 when his take-home pay is closer to $800,000 per month.

I bet $800,000 per month will buy you a really attractive girlfriend.