The 49ers will re-sign cornerback Jason Verrett with a one-year contract worth up to $ 6.5 million. At this rate, it could end up being one of the low-season robberies.
ESPN Field Yates tweeted the details of the Verrett deal, which are not complicated. He will earn a base salary of $ 2.5 million with a $ 2 million bonus. An additional $ 1 million is available in game list bonuses and another $ 1 million for Pro Bowl, interception, and game time incentives.
In total, Verrett’s maximum success will reach approximately $ 5.3 million by 2021.
This is a very manageable number for San Francisco, which needed all the help it could get to keep the cap numbers low with this year’s salary cap of $ 182.5 million. It could also result in the low season signing with a lot of low risk potential and high reward.
If Verrett doesn’t play as well in 2021 as he did in 2020, the club will be able to move on without much success this year or next. If he plays at the Pro Bowl level again, he’ll be a little more expensive because of the incentives, but he still won’t be among the highest paid corners in the NFL. As of Monday, his $ 5.3 million cap would be the 27th lowest in the league. It will probably sink before it rises.
San Francisco got a strong year from Verrett when it was forced to trust him in 2020. They will now trust him again with low risk and, if it works, will have a significant impact on his secondary reconstruction.