On Wednesday, the Green Bay Packers brought back running back Christine Michael, the unrestricted free agent who finished the season in Green Bay in 2016. On Sunday, we learned the details of Michael’s new one-year contract, thanks to Tom Silverstein of Packersnews.com.
Michael is reportedly returning on a contract that will pay him a total of $800,000. That includes the fifth-year veteran minimum salary of $775,000, with the balance being taken up in signing bonus. As Silverstein indicates, the fact that the base salary is the league minimum means that Michael qualifies for the veteran salary exemption, which reduces his total salary cap hit to $640,000.