State of the Union: Texans at the bye, 3-5 record

[Keith]

Originally Posted by barrett

Is Mercilous coming alive just in time to get overpaid? Or has he turned the corner?

Mercilus signed a 4-year extension in May, $10.8M guaranteed, $5.25M signing bonus. Roster bonus of $250k in 2016 and $500k the next three years after. So he's under contract thru 2019.

Base salaries through the extension:
2016 - $4.5M (guaranteed salary in 2016)
2017 - $4.5M
2018 - $4.75M
2019 - $5.75M