The 800K is prorated SB. That will end up as dead cap in 2022 as all the years void after this year.
Yes. That's true. But he's only paid the amount this year as shown. Explain to me why a team would bring a guy in on a contract, pay him a $1 million bonus, give him minimum wage for this year, write the contract as a 5 year deal, then automatically void every year except this year, leaving the $800k to be paid next year?
The answer is pretty clear. They needed someone for the lowest amount of money possible. They got one, that apparently nobody else really wanted. They gave him an incentive of getting a pay check next year, even though they've already indicated they probably don't want him next year. They've already cut the strings on him after the last game this year.
Now, when you put the details together, and you realize that Campbell has been "so good" that he wasn't kept by the two teams that he previously played for?
I'm not saying he isn't a serviceable player, I'm saying that this constant over-hype of guys who are average at best, as if they were going to be a savior for the Packers is nauseating. Let's hear the truth about these players, and how they "hope" he might be a serviceable linebacker and give them some decent plays.
Sometimes writers like to make us believe that everyone who comes to the Packers via free agency is the next Woodson, or Reggie. They just plain ain't. Sometimes they're just bodies to fill a hole on the roster, for experience.
Anyhow, that's my opinion, for what it's worth.
