Eagles restructure Jordan Mailata’s contract for future savings; source

The Eagles have restructured Jordan Mailata’s contract in a move that will give the team some salary relief in 2024 and 2025, a league source confirmed to NBC Sports Philadelphia.

While the Eagles won’t see much in cap space in 2023, it’s a move that would create $7.646 million in cap space in 2024 and $7.779 million in cap space in 2025.

It seemed likely that the Eagles would eventually restructure the deal, but they actually did so early, paying out large base salaries as option bonuses for the 2024 and 2025 seasons.

Like many of these deals, the Eagles are using void years from 2026-29 to allocate those hits. It would also leave about $29.8 million in dead money in 2026 if he completes the contract as currently constructed.

Here is an update of the Mailata contract each year:

2023 base salary: $1.08 million
2023 cap hit: $7.471 million (previous cap reached $7.671 million)
2023 roster bonus: $13.42M

2024 base salary: $1.125 million
2024 cap reached: $13.445 million (previous cap reached $21.091 million)
2024 option bonus: $14.975 million
Up to 4.8m escalator with Pro Bowl or 1st/2nd Team All-Pro

2025 base salary: $1.17 million
2025 cap hit: $14,312 (previous cap hit $22,091 million)
2025 option bonus: $17.530 million
Escalator to $6.4M with Pro Bowl or 1st/2nd Team All-Pro

2026-29: Blank years

It’s a restructuring of the four-year, $64 million extension Mailata signed before this 2021 season, which will keep him under contract through the 2025 season. The Eagles originally drafted Mailata in the seventh round in 2018. He eventually became starting left fielder and at 26 could still be an up-and-comer.

The Eagles have restructured Jordan Mailata’s contract in a move that will give the team some salary relief in 2024 and 2025, a league source confirmed to NBC Sports Philadelphia.

While the Eagles won’t see much in cap space in 2023, it’s a move that would create $7.646 million in cap space in 2024 and $7.779 million in cap space in 2025.

It seemed likely that the Eagles would eventually restructure the deal, but they actually did so early, paying out large base salaries as option bonuses for the 2024 and 2025 seasons.

Like many of these deals, the Eagles are using void years from 2026-29 to allocate those hits. It would also leave about $29.8 million in dead money in 2026 if he completes the contract as currently constructed.

Here is an update of the Mailata contract each year:

2023 base salary: $1.08 million
2023 cap hit: $7.471 million (previous cap reached $7.671 million)
2023 roster bonus: $13.42M

2024 base salary: $1.125 million
2024 cap reached: $13.445 million (previous cap reached $21.091 million)
2024 option bonus: $14.975 million
Up to 4.8m escalator with Pro Bowl or 1st/2nd Team All-Pro

2025 base salary: $1.17 million
2025 cap hit: $14,312 (previous cap hit $22,091 million)
2025 option bonus: $17.530 million
Escalator to $6.4M with Pro Bowl or 1st/2nd Team All-Pro

2026-29: Blank years

It’s a restructuring of the four-year, $64 million extension Mailata signed before this 2021 season, which will keep him under contract through the 2025 season. The Eagles originally drafted Mailata in the seventh round in 2018. He eventually became starting left fielder and at 26 could still be an up-and-comer.

The Eagles have restructured Jordan Mailata’s contract in a move that will give the team some salary relief in 2024 and 2025, a league source confirmed to NBC Sports Philadelphia.

While the Eagles won’t see much in cap space in 2023, it’s a move that would create $7.646 million in cap space in 2024 and $7.779 million in cap space in 2025.

It seemed likely that the Eagles would eventually restructure the deal, but they actually did so early, paying out large base salaries as option bonuses for the 2024 and 2025 seasons.

Like many of these deals, the Eagles are using void years from 2026-29 to allocate those hits. It would also leave about $29.8 million in dead money in 2026 if he completes the contract as currently constructed.

Here is an update of the Mailata contract each year:

2023 base salary: $1.08 million
2023 cap hit: $7.471 million (previous cap reached $7.671 million)
2023 roster bonus: $13.42M

2024 base salary: $1.125 million
2024 cap reached: $13.445 million (previous cap reached $21.091 million)
2024 option bonus: $14.975 million
Up to 4.8m escalator with Pro Bowl or 1st/2nd Team All-Pro

2025 base salary: $1.17 million
2025 cap hit: $14,312 (previous cap hit $22,091 million)
2025 option bonus: $17.530 million
Escalator to $6.4M with Pro Bowl or 1st/2nd Team All-Pro

2026-29: Blank years

It’s a restructuring of the four-year, $64 million extension Mailata signed before this 2021 season, which will keep him under contract through the 2025 season. The Eagles originally drafted Mailata in the seventh round in 2018. He eventually became starting left fielder and at 26 could still be an up-and-comer.