The full details of the four-year, $180 million contract extension for Aidan Hutchinson are out, and we’re here to break down everything you need to know about it.

A lot of times, people jump right to Spotrac or OverTheCap to see the full breakdown of the numbers, and they are very quick and detailed in reporting contract details. However, the Detroit Lions have been using what is called an “option bonus” often in their contract extensions, and those are not displayed well on either site. It leads some fans to (incorrectly) believe that there are “easy outs” in contracts when that is not true.

Take Hutchinson’s deal, for example. Both Spotrac and OverTheCap seem to display that the Lions could get out of Hutchinson’s deal by 2028 and only incur a $6 million dead cap hit. In 2029, it’s ju

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