Detailed Breakdown of Dustin Hopkins Extension With The Cleveland Browns
A detailed breakdown of kicker Dustin Hopkins extension with the Cleveland Browns.
Cleveland Browns kicker Dustin Hopkins was set to enter the 2024 season in the last year of his current deal, but the Browns inked him to a three-year, $15.9 million extension on Monday.
In 2023, Hopkins, 33, hit game-winning field goals as time expired in a 33-31 road victory against the Baltimore Ravens in Week 10 and a 13-10 home win over the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 11. In his debut season with the Browns, he was consistent all year, converting 33 of 36 of his field goal attempts, including all eight from 50 yards or more.
Hopkins will begin his second season in Cleveland and tenth in the league after seasons in Washington (2015-2021) and the Chargers (2021-2022).
The OBR’s resident capologist, Jack Duffin, is away getting married. Congratulations, Jack! However, he still found time to send over a breakdown of the details in Hopkin’s Contract.
Details Of Extension
Hopkins’s extension includes a $3.58 million signing bonus and the 2024 and 2025 seasons guaranteed, totaling $8.36 million in guarantees at signing.
The extension effectively paid him $4.8 million to add one more guaranteed contract year to his deal. The third and fourth year are team options.
He will receive $45,000 in per-game roster bonuses, which gives the Browns some injury protection.
Three void years are added to the end of the deal for salary purposes, and the contract’s structure frees up $937,941 of cap space for 2024.
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Mike Vrabel Shows Love To Cleveland Browns Fans And Talks About How Special They Are In An Amazing Video You Must See
Mike Vrabel is one of the most unique coaches in the NFL. When he was fired by the Tennessee Titans earlier this year, it was believed he would get another NFL head coaching job as soon as possible. However, that reality never happened for the veteran head coach, and he even couldn’t find a coordinator job.
There is a chance that Vrabel was offered an NFL head coaching job initially but decided not to take it because the job wasn’t the right fit, so instead, he decided to return home and help coach the Cleveland Browns as a consultant.
Vrabel is from Northeast Ohio and attended Walsh Jesuit High School in Cuyahoga Falls, about 40 minutes from Cleveland, and grew up a Browns fan.
The Northeast Ohio area already loves Vrabel because he is from there and played his college football at Ohio State. Many Buckeye fans want him to replace Ryan Day as the head coach, but instead, they get him to be one of the coaches on their favorite NFL team, which is a good consolation prize.
Vrabel was on the Pardon My Take podcast by Barstool Sports earlier in the week and had great things to say about the Browns fanbase.
Vrabel Shows Love To The Cleveland Browns
Vrabel talked about how he used to wear Orange and Brown sweatpants to school and would eat dog biscuits to fit into the Dawg Pound. He spoke about how he was at the last game at Cleveland Municipal Stadium before the Cleveland Browns moved to Baltimore, stated people taking out their seats, spoke about how great Northeast Ohio is in football, and talked about all the great Ohio State players to come from that area, and how one of the greatest coaches ever, Paul Brown, coached at Massillon High School before coaching Ohio State and the Cleveland Browns.
