Apparently, now it is official. The Green Bay Packers have re-signed right tackle Bryan Bulaga to a new five-year deal that will pay him slightly less than $7 million per season.
For #Packers OT Bryan Bulaga, it’s a 5-year deal worth an average of just under $7M per year, source said.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 10, 2015
The full details of the contract are five years for $33.75 million, which is an average of $6.75 million per season.
That figure would seem to suggest, like Randall Cobb, Bulaga took less to remain in Green Bay and chase a championship.
With Jacksonville overpaying for Jermey Parnell (five years, $32 million), it was expected that Bulaga could possibly get $8 million annually and would at least get $7 million annually.
And he probably would have — somewhere else.
As it is, Bulaga is still among the highest-paid right tackles in the game. He’ll come in behind Indianapolis’ Gosder Cherilus’ $7 million annual salary and ahead of San Francisco’s Anthony Davis’ $6.64 million annual salary.