Brock Osweiler's contract: $72M with $37M guaranteed in first two years

Brock Osweiler has two years to show the Houston Texans he’s worth the money it cost to lure him away from the Denver Broncos.

The four-year, $72 million contract quarterback Osweiler agreed to Wednesday will pay him $37 million in the first two years that is fully guaranteed for practical purposes.

According to contract details obtained by USA TODAY Sports, Osweiler will make $21 million in 2016 in the form of a $12 million signing bonus, $5 million roster bonus due this month and $4 million guaranteed base salary. His $16 million base salary in 2017 also is fully guaranteed.

The two remaining years on Osweiler’s deal are not guaranteed: an $18 million base salary in 2018, a $4 million roster bonus that serves as a trigger in March 2019 and a $13 million base salary in 2019. His cap numbers are: $12 million, $19 million, $21 million, $20 million.

Judging off the average of the first two years ($18.5 million) or the full deal ($18 million), the contract puts Osweiler in line with other established starting quarterbacks, even though he has just seven NFL starts, all with the Denver Broncos last season.

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Other quarterbacks in that general vicinity include Chicago’s Jay Cutler ($18 million), Dallas’ Tony Romo ($18 million) and Detroit’s Matthew Stafford ($17,666,667).

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