Equal pay: Contract details for Grossman, Orton

SHARE Equal pay: Contract details for Grossman, Orton

This isnt a weighted competition.

The one-year contract Rex Grossman agreed to on Saturday has the same elements as the one-year extension Kyle Orton agreed to Monday night.

The money in the deals is identical for the quarterbacks, just spread a little differently because Orton is now under contract through 2009.

How the math breaks down:

Rex Grossman

2008

$1.4 million signing bonus

$100,000 workout bonus

$1.5 million base salary

Total $3 million

Incentives reaching up to $1.5 million based on four leversplay time, play time plus playoffs, play time plus 20 touchdown passes and play time plus a completion percentage formula.

Maximum value $4.5 million

Kyle Orton

Orton was under contract for this season at $520,000, and the Bears maintained the integrity of his rookie contract. He receives $3 million in new money.

2008

$1.4 million signing bonus

$100,000 workout bonus

$1.3 million base salary

Total $2.8 million

2009

$100,000 workout bonus

$620,000 base salary

Total $720,000

The contract includes an escalator for 2009 and incentives reaching up to $1.5 million based on four leversplay time, play time plus playoffs, play time plus 20 touchdown passes and play time plus a completion percentage formula.

Maximum value $5.02 million

The Latest
For the first time since 2019, the water taxi will offer daily service between Ogilvie and Union stations, Michigan Avenue and Chinatown.
Busch found an unconventional way to score in the loss to the Rangers.
The acquisition of Tamarack Farms makes Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge a more impactful destination and creates within Hackmatack a major macrosite for conservation.
The man was found unresponsive in an alley in the 10700 block of South Lowe Avenue, police said.
The man suffered head trauma and was pronounced dead at University of Chicago Medical Center, police said.