Here’s how the three-year contract extension for Green Bay Packers defensive lineman Dean Lowry looks, according to numbers obtained by Rob Demovsky of ESPN:
| Year | Base salary | Signing | Roster | Workout | Cap hit |
| 2019 | $2,050,000 | $1,595,848 | – | – | $3,645,848 |
| 2020 | $1,000,000 | $1,500,000 | $2,400,000 | $300,000 | $5,200,000 |
| 2021 | $4,100,000 | $1,500,000 | $400,000 | $300,000 | $6,300,000 |
| 2022 | $4,900,000 | $1,500,000 | $400,000 | $500,000 | $7,300,000 |
The Packers added the three years onto Lowry’s rookie deal, which had one year remaining, creating a four-year deal.
Overall, the new money totals $20.345 million. The overall deal is worth $22.25 million over four years.
Lowry’s $6 million signing bonus is pro-rated over the four years. Another $95,848 is added in 2019 from the signing bonus included in his rookie deal.
Lowry also receives a $2 million roster bonus before the 2020 season and yearly roster and workout bonuses totaling at least $700,000, starting in 2020. In 2022, the workout bonus rises to $500,000. The deal also includes Pro Bowl and sack escalators of $250,000 in 2020 and 2021.
Lowry’s contract will count $3,645,848 against the cap in 2019. It peaks at $7.3 million in 2022, the final year of the deal.
The Packers could get out of the deal following the 2020 season and save $4.8 million in 2021 and $10.4 million over the final two years, with a dead cap hit of only $3 million total.
