Terrell Suggs Contract Breakdown

Name:  Terrell Suggs

Age:  31

Position:  OLB

Awards:  6x Pro Bowl (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2013), 2x All-Pro (2008 and 2011), NFL Defensive Player of the Year (2011) and NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year (2003)

Contact Length:  Five years (Four years added to the one year that was already left on his contract)

Courtesy of ICON SMI

Total Contract Money:  $28.5 million

Signing Bonus:  $11 million

Guaranteed Money:  $16 million (Signing bonus and base salaries in 2014 and 2015)

2014 Base Salary:  $1 million

2014 Cap Hit:  $7.8 million (No cap savings if cut, $12.8 cap charge taken)

2015 Base Salary:  $4 million

2015 Cap Hit:  $6.6 million (No cap savings if cut, $6.2 cap charge taken)

2016 Base Salary:  $4.6 million

2016 Cap Hit:  $6.8 million ($200,000 saved if cut)

2017 Base Salary:  $4 million

2017 Cap Hit:  $6.2 million ($1.8 million saved if cut)

2018 Base Salary:  $4 million

2018 Cap Hit:  $6.2 million ($4 million saved if cut)

Other important information:  By signing Suggs to this contract extension, the Ravens save $4.6 million in cap room this season. This should allow them to potentially re-sign LT Eugene Monroe and TE Dennis Pitta. To see my full look at this transaction, click here.