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Green Bay - Nose tackle Letroy Guion's one-year contract with the Green Bay Packers was worth $985,000.

Guion received the minimum base salary of $730,000 for a player with six accrued seasons. He also was given a $100,000 signing bonus, a per-game roster bonus of $105,000 payable in installments of $6,563 for each game on the 46-man active list, and a $50,000 workout bonus.

Cut by the Minnesota Vikings on March 6, Guion was looking at a base salary of $3.95 million and a workout bonus of $50,000 for total compensation of $4 million in 2014. He signed a three-year, $9 million deal to return to the Vikings on March 21, 2012, which was during the free-agent signing period.

Guion's guarantees in his former contract were $2.45 million.

Meanwhile, wide receiver James Jones' three-year contract with the Oakland Raiders was worth $10 million. His expired three-year deal with Green Bay was worth almost exactly the same amount ($9.6 million).

Jones has $3.65 million in guaranteed money. His base salary of $1.65 million in 2014 is guaranteed as is the $2 million roster bonus that is payable to him on the 15th day of the league year, or later this month.

In addition, Jones can earn up to $433,333 in incentives in each of the three years.

One more note on defensive end Julius Peppers' three-year, $26 million contract. He can earn up to $2 million in escalators in both 2015 and 2016.