Kenny Golladay Contract Includes Incredibly Team-Friendly Details for Giants

The New York Giants made one of the biggest signings of the 2021 offseason when they inked star wide receiver Kenny Golladay to a four-year deal worth $72 million.

It's a great signing, but that $72 million price-tag (including $40 million guaranteed) may have given some Giants fans pause. A promising wideout struggling with injuries is all too common a sight in New York.

But more details about the contract have emerged, and it's hard not to love this deal for the team.

Kenny Golladay Contract Details

Kenny Golladay's four-year, $72 million contract is one of their most creative ever.

It included a $17 million signing bonus, roster bonuses every year and a voidable fifth year, per a source. Best of all for the Giants, it puts his 2021 cap number below $5 million.
— Ralph Vacchiano (@RVacchianoSNY) March 21, 2021

Creative structuring of Golladay's contract means he carries a tiny $5 million cap hit in 2021. Considering the salary cap dropped 8% this year and is expected to climb again in 2022, that's the perfect way to structure the deal.

On the off chance that things don't work out, the Giants can eventually get out of the deal without too much of a penalty as well. Following the 2023 season, the Giants will have the option to release him and incur just $6.8 million in dead money to avoid paying his $21.4 million cap hit — savings of $14.6 million.

Obviously the hope is that whether to do that or not won't be a conversation that needs to be had, but it's a very favorable detail for the team to have at its disposal.

This deal is structured in a team-friendly way, and Giants fans have to be incredibly excited to see how this offense looks now that Daniel Jones has a legitimate WR1 to throw to.

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