2007 Rookie Contract Bonuses Earned
 

The following players earned bonuses during the 2007 year. Included are their draft round, final ranking, Bonus earned, and new 2008 salary:

Joseph Addai, 1.03, #4RB, 450 bonus, 1306 salary
Braylon Edwards, 1.05, #3WR, 450 bonus, 1028 salary
Larry Fitzgerald, 1.09, #5WR, 450 bonus, 1611 salary
Frank Gore, 1.09, #8RB, 300 bonus, 1380 salary
Adrian Peterson, 1.01, #6RB, 300 bonus, 850 salary
Marion Barber, 1.18, #10RB, 300 bonus, 819 salary
Marshawn Lynch, 1.02, #12RB, 250 bonus, 789 salary
LenDale White, 1.06, #14RB, 250 bonus, 795 salary
Santonio Holmes, 1.11, #20WR, 250 bonus, 553 salary
Roddy White, 2.05, #14WR, 225 bonus, 568 salary
Maurice Jones-Drew, #17RB, 200 bonus, 1026 salary
Dwayne Bowe, 1.10, #24WR, 200 bonus, 486 salary
Greg Jennings, 2.01, #16WR, 188 bonus, 521 salary
Brandon Marshall, 3.01, #9WR, 175 bonus, 332 salary
Kellen Winslow III, 1.05, #4TE, 150 bonus, 505 salary
Reggie Bush, 1.01, #21RB, 150 bonus, 975 salary
Lee Evans, 1.11, #32WR, 100 bonus, 882 salary
Calvin Johnson, 1.03, #36WR, 100 bonus, 463 salary
Heath Miller, 1.17, #8TE, 100 bonus, 294 salary
Reggie Brown, 1.13, #35WR, 100 bonus, 670 salary
Roy Willilams, 1.07, #31Wr, 100 bonus, 940 salary
Jay Cutler, 1.10, #10QB, 75 bonus, 450 salary
Brandon Jacobs, 3.01, #22RB, 75 bonus, 422 salary
Ben Roethlisberger, 1.15, 75 bonus, 582 salary
Tony Scheffler, 3.04, #11TE, 25 bonus, 146 salary

Re: 2007 Rookie Contract Bonuses Earned
 

Thanks for calculating these. Cutler was the only OPIHI who garnered a roster bonus. And today there's word that his #1 WR (Walker) will most likely be traded in the offseason. Ugh.

Re: 2007 Rookie Contract Bonuses Earned
 

Not bad for a waiver wire pickup, if I do say so myself!

And this is even with him missing 4 weeks w/ a broken foot! If he'd have been healthy to play those first 4 games, he probably would have ended up around #7.

Heck, I'm just glad he overtook Vernon Davis in Week 17 and saved me some money down the road (Scheffler's got just 1 year left, Davis has 3 more).

Re: 2007 Rookie Contract Bonuses Earned
 

Waiver Wire pickups aren't elligible for roster bonuses. Only those rookies who still are under their drafted contracts, I believe. Are you sure you got him on waivers?

Re: 2007 Rookie Contract Bonuses Earned
 

Yep, most definitely. Ragers cut him very early this season and I nabbed him:

http://www.predsff.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11229

I just went through the rules page and couldn't find any wording either way on rookie bonuses for waived players. I'd be quite happy if he didn't get one :D

Isn't he still under his drafted contract because I claimed him? It seems to me that the only way a waived rookie player would be no longer under his drafted contract is if he clears waivers and thus gets a new contract.

Re: 2007 Rookie Contract Bonuses Earned
 

As an independent observer... ;)

I can clarify and confirm that yes indeed, rookie bonuses count the entire life of a rookies inaugural contract, including if they are claimed on waivers.

Once the player is cut, and clears waivers, or has his contract years expire, his rookie contract is terminated. Then (and only then), are they are no longer subject to the rookie bonus scale on their next contracts.

:D

Re: 2007 Rookie Contract Bonuses Earned
 

Sorry... that's what I was thinking. I forgot about claiming off of waivers. I was thinking once a player is cut from the original drafting team... and then gets signed to a NEW contract, then no bonuses apply. Thanks for clarity, Mike.

Re: 2007 Rookie Contract Bonuses Earned
 

The fact that the Freedom have sucked over the years is finally paying off (6 of the 25 players, including 5 WR's earned bonuses):

Reggie Bush, 1.01, #21RB, 150 bonus, 975 salary
Braylon Edwards, 1.05, #3WR, 450 bonus, 1028 salary
Brandon Marshall, 3.01, #9WR, 175 bonus, 332 salary
Roddy White, 2.05, #14WR, 225 bonus, 568 salary
Greg Jennings, 2.01, #16WR, 188 bonus, 521 salary
Lee Evans, 1.11, #32WR, 100 bonus, 882 salary

Also, can you confirm that these will be the 2008 salaries (including the normal 10% increase)? Thanks!

Re: 2007 Rookie Contract Bonuses Earned
 

Correct. These are the new 2008 salaries after the 10% has been applied to the 2007 salary, and the bonus added on top of that.