Earlier this morning, Field Yates of ESPN dropped the first details we’ve seen of the Carson Wentz extension, since it was announced nearly a week ago:
Carson Wentz contract breakdown:
Signing bonus: $16,367,683
Base salary/roster bonuses:
2019: $720K
2020: $1.383M & $8M
2021: $3.9M & 10M
2022: $18.5M & $1K
2023: $18M & $5M
2024: $21M & $5M
Team option for 2020: $30M
Incentives/escalators: $16M— Field Yates (@FieldYates) June 12, 2019This is a lot of data, and the structure is tricky. Let’s make sure we understand everything that’s happening here.