Name: Dennis Pitta
Age: 28
Position: TE
Awards: None
Courtesy of ICON SMI
Contact Length: Five years
Total Contract Money: $32 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: $3.2 million (No cap savings if cut, $12.8 cap charge taken)
2015 Base Salary: $4 million
2015 Cap Hit: $6.2 million (No cap savings if cut, $6.6 cap charge taken)
2016 Base Salary: $5 million
2016 Cap Hit: $7.2 million ($600,000 saved if cut)
2017 Base Salary: $5.5 million
2017 Cap Hit: $7.7 million ($3.3 million saved if cut)
2018 Base Salary: $5.5 million
2018 Cap Hit: $7.7 million ($5.5 million saved if cut)
Other important information: The average of $6.4 million per year makes Pitta the ninth-highest paid tight end in the NFL.