TAMPA, Florida. – Not only did Shaquil Barrett, the Buccaneers’ star passer, receive a new four-year contract worth up to $ 72 million on Monday, but he was also awarded a $ 1.372 billion franchise deal stemming from a grievance filed with the NFL Players Association last year, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
This money will have the Bucs salary cap in 2021. There will be no grievance hearing, which would have been the next step. The Bucs opted to liquidate him and, in turn, Barrett can recover the lost profits.
The complaint stems from the fact that the NFL does not differentiate between external and internal defenders when calculating the amounts of franchise labels, nor does it take the scheme into account. Franchise figures are based on the first five salaries of each position.
Technically, Barrett is an outside defender of defensive coordinator Todd Bowles’ 3-4 scheme, but his job is primarily to rush the pin, like a 4-3 defensive end, versus falling in coverage in the short pass game.
In 2020, the amount of the franchise label for line defenders was $ 15,828 million, while it was $ 17,788 million for defensive purposes.
A closer look at Barrett’s counts supports his argument.
Over the past two seasons, including the 2020 postseason, Barrett played a total of 171 of 1,851 snapshots (9.238%) of coverage and 1,086 snapshots (58.67%) that rushed the pin (the remaining 594 snapshots came out the test). In comparison, home defense Lavonte David played a total of 1,342 coverage snapshots and 207 snapshots that grabbed the pin.