Sam Bradford Agrees To Deal With Rams
by Sean Yuille on Jul 30, 2010 10:16 PM EDT
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PrintWell, folks, the domino has fallen.
The St. Louis Rams reached an agreement with No. 1 overall pick Sam Bradford on a six-year, $78 million deal, sources told ESPN on Friday night.
According to the sources, Bradford's deal contains $50 million of guarantees and has a max value of $86 million.
My first reaction when I saw how much money Bradford got was this: "Holy crap."
Last year, Matthew Stafford signed a deal worth a maximum of $78 million. Included in that deal is $41.7 million guaranteed, which is $8.3 million less than what Bradford is guaranteed to receive. All I can say is that this is another reason why I'm glad the Lions drafted their QB last year just because of how much more money they would have had to pay this year. Also, people wonder why the NFL needs a rookie wage scale? This is example No. 35345.
With Bradford signed, you would think it's only a matter of time until the Lions agree to a deal with Ndamukong Suh. Although it'd be nice to have him signed and delivered in time for tomorrow morning's conditioning test, it's more important that he is ready to go for the afternoon practice.
The one hang-up I can envision happening as a result of Bradford getting so much guaranteed money is that Suh's agents will want him to get an amount of guaranteed money that is more than what Stafford got. I highly doubt the Lions would do that, but it seems that one way or another, Suh will be making some serious bank in the next day or so when he signs on the dotted line.
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Maybe Suh will get it done before tomorrow afternoon
if the shoe fits...get another one just like it - George Carlin
Hope it is done before the night is out.
I’m hoping they have a nice outline just waiting to add numbers based on a percentage of Bradford’s guaranteed money,
It will happen tonight
I think they will sign him tonight, specially after the Bradford deal. He will be ready for the conditioning tests in the morning.
I am just glad it is the start of training camp
Pre-season is just two weeks away. I have already cleared my schedule so that I can watch all of the Lions games. My wife thinks I need to get a life.
if the shoe fits...get another one just like it - George Carlin
Watching football is a life
"I have no idea what the side bet that goes on between Drew Brees and Jon Vilma in practice every day, but the way they compete against every single play in practice they're in. They keep a tally mark on who wins every play between those two cats. Those are the reasons you have a chance to be better the next year. It is because of the competitive desires, fires, and passions within your players. And as long as they want to be better this year than they were last year we got a legitimate chance." --- Saints defensive coordinator Greg Williams
This is precisely why bad teams stay bad for the most part. I’m glad Bradford has signed and that Suh should sign soon. But this rookie money is out of control. Good teams in recent years have been drafting on the bottom of the first out out of the first altogether. Case in point, the Patriots. Teams that get stuck paying this huge money year after year get robbed of the flexibility to do other things to upgrade the team.
Rookie wage scale needs to start ASAP!
-Dan
To add..
The past couple draft years have been fairly deep, so teams picking in the late rounds are still getting players that will contribute or possibly start right away.
And I quote: "Detroit Bad Boys is full of HOMOS ,JACKASSES and NON-sports fans" - ralphgoblue
Good teams also
trade 1st round picks for several later round picks of future 2nd round picks… the pats have 3-6 picks in the 2nd and 3rd round every year….
http://cmufootball.blogspot.com/
by CapitolLions on Jul 31, 2010 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions
I think Suh is a stand-up guy...
…and showing that he won’t let the agents rule everything here would be sweet. I want him to get paid. If any rookie deserves it, he does. But he also needs to be learning the pro system as much as possible. I love me some Suh…let’s get him on the field.
GO LIONS! RESTORE THE ROAR!
2 freakin' much Condon wanted one last big payday before the cap hits
Now if Bradford is a bust or gets injured as he did the previous two seasons thats 50 mil just pissed away.
mmmm hmmm....
Just silly could you imagine being Bradford or Stafford. You think you could honestly walk around thinkin you deserved all that money if you have an injury plagued career. Better yet, how about Jemarcus Russell, he has already been laughed out of the league and is a giant pile of a human being. Then you have college graduates that cant even get a job right now.
And actually
I was more concerned with Best signing. I really thought Suh would sign before JB. It is all good now, out rook’s will be in camp.
"I’d probably get arrested because football’s my only time I get to go out there and hit people as hard as I can, and it’s legal," Follett said. "I need that once a year."
hey
since tommy got suspened who will do the deal for suh? old man ford? suh might get a richer deal than bradford.
suh will be done soon
the NFL are going to redo the rookie salary structure. It must be done.. don’t get me wrong i would take the money too)… incredible no starts and 50 mil? The vets that are established should benefit from the change… Earn your money (maybe smaller contract terms with incentives etc)
GO LIONS in 2010! the transformation starts now.. they have much to do.
I think McCoy needs to sign first
They want to make sure they give Suh more than McCoy gets, so I think you’re going to see McCoy sign first and then Suh will follow shortly after. It would be a mess and an angry Suh if Suh signed first and Mccoy somehow signed for more. I know that likely wouldn’t happen, but I think they’ll wait for McCoy to sign first
Geez that's a lot of guaranteed money
Personally, I don’t think he’ll give the Rams the value they want. Not $50 million dollars worth anyway.
RIP Robyn Bailey 1961 - 2010. I love you mum.
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