According to Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio, the initial contract figures for Johnson are rumored to exceed $13 million per season.
Florio conditioned these figures as speculation, but with Johnson having his choice of no less than three teams to coach, there's no doubt his contract will be a record-setter.
The average first-year head coach earns roughly $8 million per season, pushing Johnson's expected yearly number into rarified air.
Jim Harbaugh, who was last offseason's top coaching free agent, earns $16 million per season from the Los Angeles Chargers. Unlike Johnson, Harbaugh had previous (and successful) NFL coaching experience.
To put into perspective just how crazy $13 million per season would be for a first-time head coach, it falls just $2 million per season behind Sean McVay, the wildly successful coach of the Los Angeles Rams, who has a Super Bowl victory on his resume.