Eagles’ deal with DT Kentavius Street is another low-risk move
The Eagles used this offseason to keep some of their top players like Fletcher Cox, Brandon Graham, Jason Kelce, James Bradberry and Darius Slay.
Eventually, they plan on giving Jalen Hurts a mega contract extension.
So every other move theyve made this offseason to sign outside free agents has been cheap with minimal risk. The only new player with any significant money guaranteed is backup quarterback Marcus Mariota. All the other deals have included less than $1 million in guaranteed money.
And Kentavius Street is no exception.
The Eagles signed the veteran defensive tackle late in free agency to a one-year contract thats worth $1.28 million, according to a league source.
Here are the details of Streets deal in 2023:
Total value: $1.28 million
Guarantee money: $500K
Cap hit: $1.28 million
Base salary: $1.08 million
Signing bonus: $200K
Street, who turns 27 next month, was a fourth-round pick back in 2018 and has played for the 49ers and Saints. In his last two seasons, Street has 6 1/2 sacks in 34 games. He wont be a starter in Philly but hell be fighting for a job as a rotational defensive tackle. His base salary of $1.08 million is the minimum for a player with his experience in the league.
This deal is like the low-risk, high-reward deals the Eagles gave to Terrell Edmunds, Rashaad Penny, Justin Evans, Greedy Williams and Nicholas Morrow.
I think that for us when youre looking at these one-year guys, we want some high-upside guys, Eagles GM Howie Roseman said at the NFL owners meetings a couple weeks ago, before signing Street. We want some guys that have traits in their body. Guys that we had a like for at some point in time. So when youre talking about those guys, theyre young guys who have upside.
I think they balanced a little bit the re-signings. Probably went in a different direction than we had anticipated based on the market and so it balances a little bit the youth of our team. And at the same time, theyre guys that we have always been intrigued with from a skill perceptive.
The contracts for Street, Edmunds, Penny, Evans, Williams and Morrow include a total of just $2.3 million in guaranteed money. And even if they all make the team, their collective cap hit will be just $6.45 million. Thats why Roseman looks at them as lottery tickets. If one works out, then it was all worth it.
Heres a reminder of the other those other one-year deals this offseason:
S Justin Evans
Total value: $1.59 million
Guaranteed money: $600K
Cap hit: $1,559,412
Base salary: $1.08 million
Signing bonus: $250K
Per-game roster bonuses: Up to $260K
CB Greedy Williams
Total value: $1.35 million
Guaranteed money: $600K
Cap hit: $1.29 million
Base salary: $1.08 million
Signing bonus: $100K
Per-game roster bonuses: Up to $170K
RB Rashaad Penny
Total value: $1.35 million
Guaranteed money: $600K
Cap hit: $1.23 million
Base salary: $1.08 million
Signing bonus: $100K
Per-game roster bonuses: $170K total
Rushing yards incentives: Up to $750K
LB Nicholas Morrow
Total value: $1.155 million
Guaranteed money: $0
Cap hit: $1.09 million
Base salary: $1.08 million
Roster bonus: $50K
Likely to be earned incentives: $75K
Workout bonus: $25K
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