Chase Young had a neck procedure on 3/21 & will be ready for season; Played through neck stinger all 2023; Saints are comfortable with it
Thanks, pretty good deal then.
I meant to comment on the second part of your post also. It may help to explain the alleged guarantee that we gave Chase Young.
I went and looked back at Michael Thomas' deal, and we gave him a per game roster bonus in 2024 for games played in 2023. That roster bonus was described as guaranteed, and my guess is that the reasoning behind it is that Thomas will still collect that $2.2m roster bonus this year even though he is no longer on the roster.
If we apply the same structure to Chase Young's deal, and assumed four void years, his cap hit would be $3.52m in 2024 ($2.7m base + $450k workout bonus + $370k signing bonus proration), and then his cap hit would vary between $1.49m and $9.48m in 2025 depending on how many games he plays in 2024 (and depending on an extension, if any).