Three Year Cash Flows vs. APY

Examining player contract three year cash flows compared to the Average Per Year metric of the contract.

Last week I was listening to Jason Fitzgerald’s (who is also my salary cap mentor) OverTheCap Podcast when he mentioned the three year cash flow of Aaron Donald’s 2018 contract extension with the Rams. Paraphrasing a bit, the information stated was Donald had earn more cash (on average) in the three new years of the extension that the contract APY (aver…