The Pittsburgh Steelers signed safety Minkah Fitzpatrick to a lucrative contract extension on Wednesday that now makes him the highest paid player in the NFL at his position. On Thursday morning, more details of his new deal surfaced from Field Yates of ESPN.
According to Yates, Fitzpatrick received a $17.5 million signing bonus as part of his extension. His new base salary is reportedly $4 million. Yates goes on to report that Fitzpatrick’s new cap charge for 2022 is $8,124,235, which would be a decrease of $2,487,675 from what it was previously scheduled to be. Fitzpatrick was previously on the books to have a cap charge of $10.