Inside the Zay Flowers deal

Published August 7, 2026 04:23 PM Earlier this week, the Ravens and receiver Zay Flowers agreed to terms on a new deal that, by way of new money, put him in the Justin Jefferson tax bracket at $35 million annually.The full details of the Flowers contract are now available.Here they are, per a source with knowledge of the terms:1. Signing bonus: $24.855 million, $18.855 million of which will be paid within 10 days, and the remaining $6 million of which will be paid by October 31, 2026.2. 2026 base salary: $1.145 million, fully guaranteed. 3. 2027 option bonus: $26.74 million, fully guaranteed; $20 million will be paid my March 31, 2027, and the remaining $6.74 million will be paid by October 31, 2027.4. 2027 base salary: $1.26 million, fully guaranteed.5. 2028 base salary: $26.5 million, guaranteed for injury and fully guaranteed in March 2027.6. 2029 base salary: $27.5 million, guaranteed for injury and fully guaranteed in March 2028.10. 2030 offseason roster bonus: $2 million.11. 2030 base salary: $28 million.12. 2031 offseason roster bonus: $2 million.13. 2031 base salary: $29.962 million.The four-year extension has a new-money average of $35 million. Factoring in the existing money owed in 2026 and 2027, the full six-year deal has an average value of $28.327 million at signing.The deal includes $54 million fully guaranteed at signing, $80.5 million fully guaranteed by March 2027, and $108 million fully guaranteed by March 2028.