Nathan Peterman has more contract guarantees than Cam Newton
Nathan Peterman will forever live in Buffalo Bills lore for not a lot of good reasons. Despite his rocky road in Western New York, he quickly found a new team in the now Las Vegas Raiders.
Cut by the Bills in November 2018, by December, the Raiders added him to their practice squad and he’s been there ever since.
Prior to being drafted by Buffalo, Peterman was very highly touted by one analyst in particular, his now head coach Jon Gruden. The former ESPN analyst would breakdown film with each draft-bound quarterback prior to their respective drafts for the few offseasons while he was with the world-wide leader.
While Gruden never said much negative about any player, many recall he really, really liked Peterman. Fast forwarding to recent times, Peterman’s had his contract restructured by the Raiders, who have Gruden as their head coach.
Now to the part that doesn’t make sense.
Previously due $2.1 million in 2020, Peterman re-worked that contract to just a one-year, $1M deal, according to ESPN’s Field Yates this week. The incentive was that the entire one million is now guaranteed for Peterman while his last deal was not at all.
Which brings us to such a ridiculous thought. Following Peterman’s new contract announcement, our friends over at Spotrac pointed out one very interesting thing… Peterman has more guarantees in his contract than Patriots starting quarterback Cam Newton.
Newton, 31, who was named the Pats’ starter this week, has $550,000 guaranteed in his deal he signed this offseason, nearly half of Peterman’s, a backup to Derek Carr with the Raiders.
Naturally there’s a curve ball here, though. Newton’s deal could certainly earn him way more. His contract has numerous incentives in it. According to Boston.com, Newton’s on a $1.05M league minimum base salary, but he can add another $700,000 in per-game roster bonuses and up to $5.75 million in additional incentives. Fully Newton can earn $7.5M with incentives.
But regardless of all that… knowing the past of both of these players? That’s… something… in terms of the guaranteed money.
