Former Giants kicker Josh Brown is eligible to receive the remaining $720,480 of his 2016 contract through termination pay, according to league sources, after being released last week following further revelations about the potential scope of his domestic abuse. The NFL is continuing to investigate Brown's case despite him being not currently active in the league, and a lengthy suspension is expected.
Brown has never before claimed the one-time termination pay benefit, according to NFLPA sources, and thus is in line to recoup the remainder of what he was owed in this year of his contract as a vested veteran. Brown signed a two-year deal with the Giants in the offseason.
Brown was to make his regular paycheck of roughly $72,000 per game day while placed on the commissioner's exempt list by the NFL, but his release ended that pay cycle. However, per the CBA, Brown is eligible for termination pay. If the Giants elected to withhold the payments -- and there is no indication to this point that they would -- then the NFLPA would file a grievance on Brown's behalf, sources said.
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