Lions LT Taylor Decker Lands 4-year Extension Worth $60M!
Continue on for more details on the left tackle for the Detroit Lions, Taylor Decker new extension deal…
CelebNSports247.com reports that the Detroit Lions have agreed to terms with LT Taylor Decker on a 4-year extension to pay him $60M in new money.
Less than four weeks after he said the uniqueness of this season had presented “a lot of challenges” to getting a deal done, left tackle Taylor Decker.
Decker is one of two cornerstone Lions players who entered training camp in the last year of his contract with hopes of striking a new deal before the season, via FreeP.
Rapoport reports:
From Inside Training Camp Live: The #Lions agreed to terms with LT Taylor Decker on a 4-year extension to pay him $60M in new money, and now they turn their attention to WR Kenny Golladay. pic.twitter.com/oYKe1zWzm8
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) September 1, 2020
Details, including $$ already on books:
— $7.5M signing bonus, paid out in 17 installments in 2020.
— $6.85M salary in 2020.
— $13M fully gtd in 2021.
— $14.75M fully gtd in 2022.
— $13.7M in 2023.
— $12.95M in 2024.
— $250K workout bonuses in ’22-24
— $500K roster bonus in 2024. https://t.co/0nmlmzgvfx— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) September 1, 2020
From his agents… https://t.co/MneHBtzmZJ
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) September 1, 2020
With Taylor Decker in the bag, the Lions have now they turn their attention to WR Kenny Golladay, per Ian Rapoport.
