{"id":42025,"date":"2018-04-12T17:50:08","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T21:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=42025"},"modified":"2018-04-12T17:50:08","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T21:50:08","slug":"jarvis-landry-awarded-massive-payout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2018\/04\/12\/jarvis-landry-awarded-massive-payout\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleveland Browns Sign Jarvis Landry to Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"

NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport<\/strong> reported Thursday morning that Jarvis Landry<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and the Cleveland Browns<\/a> were coming to terms on a five-year, $75.5 extension. Landry was traded to the Browns<\/a> by the Miami Dolphins<\/a> earlier this off-season in exchange for one 2018 and one 2019 draft pick.<\/p>\n

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The #Browns<\/a> and WR Jarvis Landry<\/a> are going to agree to terms on a 5-year, $75.5M extension, sources say. He gets $47M guaranteed\u00e2\u0080\u00a6 crazy for those who considered him a slot receiver.<\/p>\n

\u0080\u0094 Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) April 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jarvis Landry Awarded Massive Extension by Cleveland Browns<\/strong><\/h1>\n

The trade from Miami landed Landry a one-year contract with the Browns worth $15.98 million in 2018. With this extension, the Browns have guaranteed $47 million of the $75.5 million. Landry will average more than $15 million per year over the next five years. Only four wide receivers in the league are currently signed to contracts with a per-year average besting Landry’s:\u00a0Sammy Watkins<\/a><\/strong>, DeAndre Hopkins<\/a><\/strong>, Mike Evans<\/a><\/strong>, and Antonio Brown<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It is worth noting that the Browns (arguably) top receiver\u00a0Josh Gordon<\/a><\/strong> will only earn a base salary of $790,000 in 2018. The only receiver contract that comes close to Landry’s would be that of\u00a0Corey Coleman<\/a><\/strong>, who will make a guaranteed base salary of $1.5 million in 2018 off his rookie contract. At the moment, this contract makes Landry the most expensive player on the roster for 2019.\u00a0Kevin Zeitler<\/a><\/strong> and\u00a0Jamie Collins<\/a><\/strong> are listed as having only a $10 million base salary for 2019, according to Over The Cap<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Landry entered the league as a second-round draft pick for the Dolphins in the 2014 NFL Draft. The 25-year-old wideout from LSU has eclipsed 1,000 receiving yards twice in his four-year career, falling short in 2014 and 2016. Despite a drop in receiving yards in 2016, Landry snagged a career-high nine touchdowns for the Dolphins.<\/p>\n

The league expected several huge payouts from the Browns this off-season, given their league-leading $114 million in cap space. After an 0-16 season in 2017, the Browns better hope this windfall for a slot receiver pans out.<\/p>\n

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