Is Shemar holding out?

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(Yesterday, 04:01 PM)007BengalsFan Wrote: Jihaad Campbell signed a 4 year $14,903,565 dollar contract with a signing bonus of $7,478,956 making his signing bonus 50% of his total contract

By comparison last year

Amarius Mims signed a 4 year $15,371,558 dollar contract with a signing bonus of $7,999,316 making his signing bonus 52% of his total contract

The total dollar amounts are pretty close

You're comparing a 18th overall pick to a 31st overall pick. That's apples to oranges.

The 2023 31st overall pick got 47.4% as a signing bonus. (So the Eagles paid more.)
The 2024 18th overall pick got 54.5% as a signing bonus. (So the Bengals paid less.)

The 2022 31st overall pick got 47.3%... so again, it's pretty consistent that the Eagles actually paid about 5% more to Campbell.


There's also the fact that while signing bonuses are guaranteed the second they sign, language can be put in the deal so that the actual money can be paid out at different times which makes a huge difference if you're getting $3m now and $5m in 18 months vs getting $8m now.