GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Lane Taylor didn’t get much more money this season than he would have if the Green Bay Packers gave him the lowest restricted free agent tender, but the backup guard has a chance to make slightly more in 2017.
In exchange for making sure no other team went after him, the Packers gave Taylor a $600,000 bonus as part of the two-year, $4.15 million contract he signed on Tuesday, but his total pay for 2016 is just $1.75 million.
The low tender was worth $1.671 million and would have given teams the chance to make Taylor an offer.