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AJ Feeley signs for:
2 years 6 million
LT signs for:
2 years 5.1 million
just saying.........
2 years 6 million
LT signs for:
2 years 5.1 million
just saying.........
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Yes, both signing as back ups. Just sayin."I've been saving the Universe for over a thousand years. I figure it owes me just this once." -
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Since Tomlinson isn't a quarterback, I'm not sure what you're getting at here...Comment
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Also true."I've been saving the Universe for over a thousand years. I figure it owes me just this once."Comment
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Don't forget about the fact that the Jets are also playoff contender teams.
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Also, remember that the Rams have to pay over the top to entice players to come to St Louis, while a better franchise can pay less because the player has a chance to win@EssexRam_Comment
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The more things change, the more they stay the same.Comment
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I know for sure that LT gets another 500k in incentives for his contract. I'm not sure if the specifics of the contract have been released yet.
Here is Feeley's contract:
3/5/2010: Signed a two-year, $6 million contract. The deal included an initial roster bonus of $2.25 million. 2010: $1 million (+ $500,000 roster bonus), 2011: $2.25 million, 2012: Free AgentComment
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I got them from doing a player search on rotoworld. Admittedly, not the best source available, but they're usually pretty good at reporting facts like this.Originally posted by RebelYell View PostComment
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I realize they are different positions, and we would of had to pay more than 5.2 to LT to get him to st. louis, buttttt
For 6 millions dollars of the rams ca money is there any rams fan out there that would take AJ Feeley of LT for the next 2 seasons?????Comment
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That's a false scenario...it's not an either or situation. I'm sure if LT had any interest at all in going to a team with no shot at the Super Bowl we could have gone after him even after signing Feeley...but he stated he wanted to go to a contender when he was released. He wouldn't have come here, not for anything short of a crazy contract."I've been saving the Universe for over a thousand years. I figure it owes me just this once."Comment
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It's a moot point, because L.T. said all along he wanted to go to a contender. It's not as if the Rams could have signed L.T. for that price, but then chose to spend it on Feeley instead.Originally posted by Alec22 View Post
And again, the Feeley deal is market value for a back-up QB in the league. There are at least half a dozen examples over the last three seasons of back-ups being signed to deals paying around $3 million per year.
Finally, the Rams probably want to find a young running back to install behind Jackson rather than an older vet who is only going to give them a year or two. That's likely why the Rams were linked to Sproles but not some of the older vets that were floating around in free agency.Comment
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Apples: $0.78/lb.
Oranges: $0.92/lb.
Just sayin.Comment
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Post like these is why we get the regular "SAME OLD RAMS" threads poking up everywhere, people choose to jump on something without thinking it through and end up looking like a jackarse....Comment
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I was wondering, what's a pro-bowl DT make? So I went to the 2010 starting lineup for the pro-bowl and then looked at their contracts:
Haloti Ngata $3 million per year
Vince Wilfork $8 million per year (high end current estimate of new contract extension)
Kevin Williams $6 million
Darnell Dockett $4.5 million
How about backups?
Casey Hampton - $7 million (just signed extension)
Jay Ratliff - $4 million
Justin Smith (they have him as a DT for the pro-bowl) $8 million
Pro-bowlers aren't always the best, they are usually seasoned veterans at the top of the game and several of these guys just got extensions.
If the Rams draft Suh, he'll be paid higher than any of the 2010 pro-bowlers at his position.-03-11-2010, 01:50 AM -
Rams still spending, even with tight cap
18 hours ago • By Jim Thomas [email protected]
One year ago, the Rams spent a potential $98 million in the opening days of free agency by signing cornerback Cortland Finnegan (Tennessee), center Scott Wells (Green Bay) and defensive tackle Kendall Langford (Miami).
This year was a tight salary cap year for the Rams, but over the first six days of free agency, they have still spent a potential $79.35 million on left tackle Jake Long (Miami) and tight end Jared Cook (Tennessee), and in re-signing defensive end William Hayes.
Throw in incentives and escalator clauses for Long, Cook and Hayes, and those three contracts could max out at a combined $87.65 million. Say what you will about Stan Kroenke, but he hasn’t been shy about committing dollars to improve the team.
Long was widely considered the top offensive tackle on the market; Cook was considered one of the top — if not the best —of the tight ends available. So they were big “gets,” but those two moves have all but tapped out the Rams on the salary cap.
Latest figures from the NFL Players Association show the Rams with 50 players either under contract or tendered as restricted or exclusive rights free agents. And the money expended for those 50 players, plus dead money (money that counts against the cap for players no longer on the team), leaves the Rams with a little over $1 million in cap room.
So except for some veteran minimum contracts, the Rams are pretty much out of the free agent business for 2013. Even so, they will need to do something — most likely restructure the contract of one of their big-money players — in order to have enough cap room to sign their draft picks.
Even though Long’s contract averages $8.5 million a year, and Cook’s averages $7.02 million a year, they were structured to be cap friendly in 2013. Long counts a modest $4.25 million and Cook counts only $4 million against the cap in ‘13. Otherwise, the Rams wouldn’t have been able to sign them both.
Here’s a thumbnail look at the contracts of the new Rams and re-signed Rams, as well as those of Rams who signed elsewhere in free agency:
NEW RAMS
JAKE LONG, OT (Miami)
Basics: 4 years, $34 million. (Includes $5 million signing bonus, $15 million guaranteed.)
Extras: An additional $2.5 million via incentives and escalator clauses could max out the contract at $36.5 million.
JARED COOK, TE (Tennessee)
Basics: 5 years, $35.1 million. (Includes $5 million signing bonus, $19 million guaranteed.)
Extras: An additional $3.5 million via incentives could max out the contract at $38.6 million.
RE-SIGNED RAMS
WILLIAM HAYES, DE
Basics: 3 years, $10.25 million. (Includes $3.75 million...-03-28-2013, 07:04 PM -
NFL FREE-AGENT SCORECARD
03/26/2005
At the start of the free agency period on March 2, Post-Dispatch football writer Jim Thomas listed the top five free agents at each position. Here's what has happened since then:
QUARTERBACKS
1.) Brad Johnson, Tampa Bay. To MINNESOTA: 4 years, $6 million, $1.2 million signing bonus.
2.) Jeff Garcia, Cleveland. To DETROIT: 1 year, $2 million, $1.2 million signing bonus.
3.) Kurt Warner, NY Giants. To ARIZONA: 1 year, $4 million, $2 million signing bonus.
4.) Jay Fiedler, Miami. To NY JETS: 5 years, $8.6 million, $500,000 signing bonus.
5.) Kelly Holcomb, Cleveland. To BUFFALO: 4 years, $6.8 million, $2 million signing bonus.
RUNNING BACKS
1.) Lamont Jordan, NY Jets. To OAKLAND: 5 years, $27.5 million, $7 million signing bonus.
2.) Correll Buckhalter, Philadelphia. Re-signed with PHILADELPHIA: 2 years, $1.5 million, $250,000 signing bonus.
3.) Anthony Thomas, Chicago. Still looking.
4.) Garrison Hearst, Denver. Still looking.
5.) Derrick Blaylock, Kansas City. To NY JETS: 5 years, $11.1 million, $3.2 million signing bonus.
WIDE RECEIVERS
1.) Plaxico Burress, Pittsburgh. To NY GIANTS: 6 years, $25 million, $8.25 million signing bonus.
2.) Derrick Mason, Tennessee. To BALTIMORE: 5 years, $20 million, $7 million signing bonus.
3.) David Patten, New England. To WASHINGTON: 5 years, $13.6 million, $3.5 million signing bonus.
4.) T.J. Houshmandzadeh, Cincinnati. Re-signed with CINCINNATI: 4 years, $12.5 million, $3.75 million signing bonus.
5.) Kevin Johnson, Baltimore. Still looking.
FULLBACKS/TIGHT ENDS
1.) Itula Mili, TE, Seattle. Re-signed with SEATTLE: 4 years, $6 million, $1.5 million signing bonus.
2.) Jermaine Wiggins, TE, Minnesota. Re-signed with MINNESOTA: 5 years, $6.7 million, $1 million roster bonus.
3.) Stephen Alexander, TE, Detroit. To DENVER: 3 years, $4.2 million, $1 million signing bonus.
4.) Chad Lewis, TE, Philadelphia. Still looking.
5.) Patrick Pass, FB, New England. Re-signed with NEW ENGLAND: 2 years, $1.23 million, $150,000 signing bonus.
OFFENSIVE LINE
1.) Jonas Jennings, T, Buffalo. To SAN FRANCISO: 7 years, $36.1 million; $12 million signing bonus.
2.) Mike Wahle, G, Green Bay. To CAROLINA: 5 years, $27 million, $8 million signing bonus.
3.) Fred Miller, T, Tennessee. To CHICAGO: 5 years, $22.5 million, $6 million signing bonus.
4.) Marco Rivera, G, Green Bay. To DALLAS: 5 years, $20 million, $9 million signing bonus.
5.) Oliver Ross, T, Pittsburgh. To ARIZONA:...-03-27-2005, 03:14 PM -
6 years $33 million... $15 million in bonus money!!!
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By Nick Wagoner | ESPN.com
EARTH CITY, Mo. -- The drama that unfolded last week surrounding offensive lineman Rodger Saffold's return to the St. Louis Rams after a failed physical with the Oakland Raiders certainly cost Saffold money on the open market.
Saffold
Instead of the five-year, $42.5 million contract that included more than $21 million in guaranteed money, the reality of Saffold's deal with the Rams comes in well below that. But Saffold does have plenty of opportunity to land in the ballpark of the guaranteed dollar figure Oakland would have given him by staying healthy and productive and remaining on the Rams roster over the course of the first three years of his contract with St. Louis.
On the surface, Saffold's deal with the Rams checks in at five years for $31.347 million with a true full guarantee of $11 million. That $11 million includes a fully guaranteed 2014 base salary of $3 million, a $5 million signing bonus and a $3 million 2015 roster bonus.
There are, however, relatively easy ways for Saffold to earn an additional $8 million-plus. Saffold's $4 million base salary in 2015 and $4.5 million base salary in 2016 become fully guaranteed if he is still on the roster on the third day of the league year in each of those seasons or based on injury guarantees. If Saffold is healthy, the Rams would have the ability to release him before the third day of the league year in 2015 and/or 2016 and not have to realize those guarantees.
Beyond that, Saffold's contract has its share of built-in escalators in the final four years of the deal. If Saffold doesn't void the final two years and hits all of the incentives and escalators, the deal could climb beyond the $31.347 million total from above.
2014
Base salary: $3 million (fully guaranteed)
Signing bonus: $5 million (fully guaranteed, spread out in $1 million increments over life of contract)
Roster bonus: $0
Cash value: $8 million
Cap value: $4 million
2015
Base salary: $4 million (Guaranteed for injury only but becomes guaranteed on third day of league year)
Signing bonus: $0 ($1 million count against cap)
Roster bonus: $3 million (Fully guaranteed, to be paid on third day of league year)
Cash value: $7 million
Cap value: $8 million
2016
Base salary: $4.5 million (Guaranteed for injury only, becomes guaranteed on third day of league year)
Signing bonus: $0 ($1 million count against cap)
Roster bonus: Up to $375,000 (Bonus of $23,438 per game active)
Cash value: $4.875 million
Cap value: $5.875 million
2017
Base salary: $4,722,233
Signing bonus: $0 ($1 million count against cap)
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