As expected, the one-year contract that tight end David Johnson signed earlier this week with the Pittsburgh Steelers was for the veteran minimum and he didn’t receive a signing bonus per the updated NFLPA salary cap report.
While Johnson will receive a base salary in 2016 of $760,000, his salary cap charge will only be $600,000 this season as his deal qualifies for the Minimum Salary Benefit in the league’s CBA. Being as Johnson did not receive any kind of signing bonus as part of his one-year contract, there will not be any dead money associated with it should he need to be released at any time moving forward.