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The Cleveland Browns signed OL **Zion Johnson** to a 3-year, $49.5 million deal early in the free agency period, but now it’s time to look at a breakdown of his year-by-year contract details.
2026
$1,215,000
$3,400,000
$0
$0
$0
$510,000
$100,000
$5,225,000
2027
$1,260,000
$3,400,000
$2,461,000
$0
$0
$510,000
$100,000
$7,731,000
2028
$1,305,000
$3,400,000
$2,461,000
$2,317,000
$3,000,000
$510,000
$100,000
$13,093,000
2029
$0
$3,400,000
$2,461,000
$2,317,000
$0
$0
$0
$23,451,000
2030
$0
$3,400,000
$2,461,000
$2,317,000
$0
$0
$0
$0
2031
$0
$0
$2,461,000
$2,317,000
$0
$0
$0
$0
2032
$0
$0
$0
$2,317,000
$0
$0
$0
$0
Total
$3,780,000
$17,000,000
$12,305,000
$11,585,000
$3,000,000
$1,530,000
$300,000
$49,500,000
* There is a reported $32.29 million in guaranteed money. That appears to consist of his:
* Base salaries in 2026 and 2027, which are $1.25 million and $1.26 million.
* $17 million signing bonus, which is spread out over 5 years.
* $12.305 million option bonus, which hits in 2027 and gets spread out over 5 years.
* $510,000 per game roster bonuses ($30,000 per game) this year.
* $100,000 workout bonus this year.
* His base salary in 2028 would be $1.305 million, but is not guaranteed. He also has another $11.585 million option bonus due in 2028 that would be spread over five years (but shortened because 2029 is a void year). There is also a $3 million roster bonus due on the third day of the 2028 league year.
* Like most of **Andrew Berry’s** contracts these days, the contract would void in 2029, meaning if he was on the team for all three years, those cap hits would carry $23.451 million in dead cap space in 2029.
* If the Browns didn’t want to pay Johnson in the final year of his contract, they would still have $20.044 million counting against the cap in dead cap space in 2028.
* There are also some incentives built into the deal:
* $750,000 in All-Pro and playoff incentives in 2027 and 2028, as well as $750,000 in base salary escalators in 2028. The exact numbers of the incentives aren’t clear.
We’ve gotten so used to how Berry structures his multi-year contracts. I pulled up a copy of **Jerry Jeudy’s** deal from a couple years ago, and even though that one was for four years, the structure of the dollar amounts, signing bonus, and option bonuses are darn-near identical.
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