{"id":715827,"date":"2026-06-05T00:44:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T00:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/715827\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T00:44:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T00:44:15","slug":"inside-the-latest-myles-garrett-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/715827\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the latest Myles Garrett deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, the Rams and defensive end Myles Garrett <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/rams-myles-garrett-execute-a-new-contract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">have a new deal<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>As mentioned earlier, it\u2019s a five-year contract, covering 2026 through 2030. It replaces the deal Garrett had signed in 2025 with the Browns, adding no new years.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the full terms, per a source with knowledge of the contract:<\/p>\n<p>1. Signing bonus: $35.7 million.<\/p>\n<p>2. 2026 base salary: $1.3 million, fully guaranteed.<\/p>\n<p>3. 2027 option bonus: $30.145 million, guaranteed for injury at signing and fully guaranteed in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>4. 2027 base salary: $1.345 million, guaranteed for injury at signing and fully guaranteed in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>5. 2027 per-game roster bonus: $510,000 total, guaranteed for injury at signing and fully guaranteed in 2027 (but must be earned).<\/p>\n<p>6. 2028 option bonus: $19.49 million, guaranteed for injury at signing and fully guaranteed in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>7. 2028 base salary: $1.345 million, guaranteed for injury at signing and fully guaranteed in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>8. 2028 per-game roster bonus: $510,000 total, guaranteed for injury at signing and fully guaranteed in 2027 (but must be earned).<\/p>\n<p>9. 2029 option bonus: $21.49 million.<\/p>\n<p>10. 2029 offseason roster bonus: $8 million.<\/p>\n<p>11. 2029 base salary: $10 million.<\/p>\n<p>12. 2029 per-game roster bonus: $510,000 total.<\/p>\n<p>13. 2030 option bonus: $16.49 million.<\/p>\n<p>14. 2030 offseason roster bonus: $8 million.<\/p>\n<p>15. 2030 base salary: $15 million.<\/p>\n<p>16. 2030 per-game roster bonus: $510,000 total.<\/p>\n<p>The five-year deal has an average of $35.8 million at signing. It\u2019s the same total payout from 2026 through 2030 as his prior contract with the Browns.<\/p>\n<p>Of the total amount, $37 million is fully guaranteed at signing. Another $62 million is guaranteed for injury at signing. The payments become fully guaranteed in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>In comparison to his prior deal, the guarantee drops in 2027 by $10.7 million. The 2028 guarantee increases by $7.2 million.<\/p>\n<p>As a practical matter, it\u2019s a three-year deal with team-held options for 2029 and 2030. The $8 million roster bonus in each season will force the Rams to make a quick decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yes, the Rams and defensive end Myles Garrett have a new deal. As mentioned earlier, it\u2019s a five-year&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":715828,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-715827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=715827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/715828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=715827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=715827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=715827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}