Contract Notes On July 29, 2018 Jake Matthews signed a 5 year extension with the Atlanta Falcons. The extension is worth $72.5 million with $41,350,000 in guarantees, $25,946,000 guaranteed at signing. Matthews receives a $13,946,000 signing bonus, with base salary full guarantees in 2018 & 2019. Matthews is set to earn a $9 million option bonus in 2019. $6.404 million of his 2020 base salary is guaranteed for injury at signing.The Falcons converted $4.375 million of Matthews' salary to a bonus in September of 2019 to create $3.5 million in cap space. Each of the remaining years of his contract will see the cap charge increase by $875,000.The Falcons picked up the fifth year option on Jake Matthews for 2018. The one year $12.496 million contract is guaranteed for injury and will become fully guaranteed on the first day of the 2018 league year.

Valuation Diamond The diamond is a scatterplot graph that visualizes the relation of the player's APY (in green) and performance (in blue, as measured by OTC's Valuations) to the rest of the league at his position. To understand how to read the diamond, read this explainer. OTC Valuation APY Regular $17,489,000 $14,500,000 Injury Adjusted $17,489,000 $14,500,000

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OTC Valuation $3.1M $6.1M $9.2M $12.3M $15.3M APY $3.7M $7.3M $11.0M $14.7M $18.3M $13,110,000 $10,000,026

Weekly Valuation Trends

The chart below illustrates the trend of the player's weekly OTC Valuations (in blue) from the most recent season, using APY (in green) and, if applicable, cash that is due to the player in the next season (in red) as benchmarks. Weeks not plotted indicate that the player was inactive or on a bye.

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