After outside linebacker Harold Landry signed a massive five-year, $87.5 million deal with the Tennessee Titans, we now know the year-by-year breakdown.
According to Over the Cap, Landry will make $5.05 million in the first year of his contract, giving the cash-strapped Titans some much-needed salary cap relief for 2022.
After that, Landry’s contract balloons to $18.8 million in 2023, $21.05 million in 2024, and $21.3 million in the final two years of the deal.
The first feasible opportunity for Tennessee to get out of the contract is in 2024, when Landry’s dead-cap hit would be $11.4 million. In the two years that follow, the Boston College product would account for dead-cap hits of $7.6 million and $3.8 million in 2025 and 2026, respectively.
Based on the total value ($87.5 million) and annual average ($17.5 million) of his extension, Landry is Tennessee’s highest-paid outside linebacker, surpassing fellow edge rusher Bud Dupree.
When compared to other edge rushers in the NFL,…