Brock Wright’s contract terms show an easy decision for the Detroit Lions.

The Detroit Lions originally offered Brock Wright a one-year, $2.985 million restricted free agent tender this offseason. However, the young tight end chose to test the market to see what his value was after three good years in Detroit.

The San Francisco 49ers came calling and offered what appeared to be a hefty raise: a contract that was originally reported as a three-year, $12 million agreement with $6 million in guarantees.

The Lions have to choose whether to match that deal or let him depart. They elected to keep him around, matching the contract the 49ers put up for the recently undrafted tight end. And now that we have the contract details of said transaction, we can see why the Lions matched it.

As you can see above, the cap hit for the next two years is actually substantially under what it would have been if Wright had simply signed his RFA tender of $2.985 million. The contract leverages voided years to spread out the signing bonus for Wright, and the utilization of unguaranteed options, rosters, and exercise bonuses offers Wright plenty of motivation to keep performing at a high level.

Obviously, the third year of Wright’s contract represents a rather hefty boost. And while there’s certainly a chance Wright earns his $3.3 million salary, most players don’t earn the final year of their deal.

Even then, the Lions are in pretty excellent shape: the out in the contract is constructed so they would only owe $2.127 million in dead money if they cut him after two years.

So if you combine the first two years of cap with the dead cap of Year 3, you’re talking about a two-year, $6.52 million contract, which sounds considerably more reasonable and fair than a three-year, $12 million deal.

In the end, good on Wright for locking up significantly more guaranteed money and an extra year of job security. And excellent on the Lions for matching a fair deal that will only cost them slightly more than their first offer—and not leaving them in quest of filling an imminent need at the tight end of the upcoming draft.