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Steelers receiver Antonio Brown earns $2.5 million on March 17. But he doesn’t receive it then. And that undercuts one of the biggest arguments in favor of trading him before then.PFT has obtained a copy of the contract that Brown signed last March JuJu Smith-Schuster Jersey White , and it specifies that the $2.5 million roster bonus due on the fifth day of the 2019 league year will be paid out in 17 weekly installments throughout the 2019 season. That works out to $147,058.82 per week, from Week One through Week 17.This potentially means that, if Brown is traded at any point before Week One, Brown’s new team will assume all rights and responsibilities under the contract — including the responsibility to pay him an extra $147,058.82 per week from Week One through Week 17. As one league source with general knowledge of the procedures in this regard explained it to PFT https://www.thesteelerslockerroom.com/authentic-juju-smith-schuster-jersey , payment of the $2.5 million would become one of the negotiating points during the discussions culminating in a possible trade. The fact that the Steelers haven’t actually paid the money, however, makes it easier for the Steelers to take the position that the new team should pay the money.This also makes Brown’s reasoning regarding the urgency to trade him by March 17 misplaced. “Why wouldn’t they not trade me?” Brown told ESPN. “They gotta pay me $2.5 million on March 17. If I invoice you March 17, $2.5 million that you gotta pay me, would you pay it or would you get somebody else to pay it? So it’s what — pretty much what’s good for their business.”As it turns out, there’s a very good chance the Steelers will pay it only if Brown isn’t traded.And if Brown isn’t traded T. J. Watt Jersey , there’s a chance he’ll never receive any of the money. Under the labor deal, Brown could lose the entire amount if he commits enough so-called “forfeitable breaches” under the labor deal, which will occur among other things if he “willfully fails to report, practice or play.”But if he is traded before March 17, there’s a good chance his next team will actually pay Brown the $2.5 million. Which explains why the Steelers don’t feel compelled to trade Brown before the $2.5 million becomes due. Given the payment structure, it’s no different from his $12.625 million salary. The Steelers reportedly want a first-round pick for receiver Antonio Brown. And there’s a fairly easy way for them to be able to say they got one.Teams will commonly balance out trade terms by swapping picks in later rounds Jerome Bettis Jersey White , flip-flopping selections in what looks like an inconsequential tail on the donkey but what turns out to be the key to finalizing the trade.If, for example, the Raiders send the last of their three first-round picks to the Steelers (hey, it’s still a first-round pick), Pittsburgh would have the 27th pick in the draft. Then, the Raiders could ask for something like the Steelers’ third-round selection (83rd overall) in exchange for Oakland’s fourth-round pick (104th overall).The most equitable outcome also would entail a 2020 pick driven by Brown’s performance in 2019 James Conner Jersey White , because the better he plays this year, the more the Steelers should get. Unfortunately for the Raiders, however, this approach ties up multiple picks until it’s known which pick will head to Pittsburgh based on Brown’s production and/or the team’s success. the Steelers anything from Oakland’s fifth-round pick to its second-round pick (for example), the Raiders would be unable to do anything else with those picks if/when other trade opportunities arise between the time Brown is acquired through the 2019 trade deadline.Of course Womens Jerome Bettis Jersey , the fact that the Steelers want a first-round pick doesn’t mean they’ll get one. But there are ways to make it look like the Steelers received a first-rounder when in reality the lesser-noticed terms will result in, as a practical matter, the Steelers getting less than that.