More comprehensive financial details are coming to light as the dust of the first wave of NFL free agency signings settles. It's clear agencies dress up the numbers to make their clients' contracts look better; Chicago Bears left tackle Braxton Jones is a prime example.
It was initially reported that Jones and the Bears settled on a one-year extension worth up to $10 million. However, without performance bonuses, that price tag is cut in half. The same holds true for ex-Green Bay Packers and new Carolina Panthers left tackle Rasheed Walker, whom Chicago could ostensibly have landed for a similar cost.