Doing as he said last week he would, Gutekunst exercised the team’s fifth-year option on 2016 first-round draft pick Kenny Clark, who had a breakout season in 2018 and is one of the NFL’s top young defensive tackles. Clark becomes just the second top pick to get the option, following 2014 first-round pick Ha Ha Clinton-Dix two years ago. But after a down 2017 season, the Packers traded him last October — midway through his fifth-year option season — to the Washington Redskins for a fourth-round pick. Randall, who was traded in March 2018 to the Cleveland Browns, had his fifth-year option picked up by the Browns, who upon his arrival moved him to his natural position of safety. Fifth-year option salaries become guaranteed if the player is on the team’s roster at the start of the league year.

Source: Daily Sun May 01, 2019 18:56 UTC