Washington guaranteed $17 million of Samuel’s contract in 2025 and added $3 million worth of incentives, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Wednesday.
Before this move, Samuel had no guaranteed money remaining and was scheduled to have a base salary of $16,600,529 with a $200,000 workout bonus and a per game roster bonus of $44,117 worth up to $750,000.
Washington could have spread out Samuel’s cap hit over two years by accepting a $15.4 million option bonus due March 22 that would have added another year to his deal — which would have then automatically voided. But in declining the option bonus it left the Commanders absorbing his approximately $17.