Eagles Sign Sam Bradford to a Two Year Deal, 36 Mill, 26 Mill gauranteed!!! Great Move Howie!

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http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/Eagles-pass-on-giving-Bradford-franchise-or-transition-tag.html

The Eagles re-signed Sam Bradford to a two-year deal on Tuesday, giving the team stability and direction at quarterback heading into the 2016 season.

Bradford's deal is worth $36 million, with $26 guaranteed, according to a league source.

The deal came just minutes after the deadline to use the franchise and transition tags, and just six days before Bradford could negotiate with other teams.

Bradford, 28, was the No. 1 pick in the 2010 draft. The Eagles acquired him last March in a deal that included Nick Foles and the team's 2016 second-round pick. Bradford came ff two major knee injuries and was limited for much of the offseason. He started Week 1, though, and played 14 games for the Eagles. Bradford finished with a 65 percent completion percentage, while throwing for 3,725 yards, 19 touchdowns, and 14 interceptions.

Although Chip Kelly was fired in December, Bradford received praise from new coach Doug Pederson and executive vice president of football operations Howie Roseman in recent months. The team wanted Bradford back in Philadelphia, and this deal ensures that happens.

Nine players reportedly received the franchise tag: Washington quarterback Kirk Cousins, Jets defensive end Muhammad Wilkerson, Ravens kicker Justin Tucker, Bills tackle Cordy Glenn, Bears wide receiver Alshon Jeffrey, Panthers cornerback Josh Norman, Broncos outside linebacker Von Miller, Chiefs safety Eric Berry, and Rams cornerback Trumaine Johnson. Dolphins defensive end Olivier Vernon received the transition tag.

More information to come.

 

[Amajorfucup]

This is crazy.

 

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This is crazy.

Why is it crazy

 

[Amajorfucup]

Sam Bradford at 18mill per? You really need that explained to you?

 

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Sam Bradford at 18mill per? You really need that explained to you?

Basically yes....

-Didn't sign him to the long term deal between 18-23 mill he wanted, with a huge guarantee that he wanted
-Only 26 Mil is guaranteed so it's only 13 mill per
-No better options out there right now
-We can draft a QB and groom him the next year or two
-In 2 years we are through with him
-Helluva move by Howie, Helluva signing

Not sure how this equate to crazy Bruh

 

[playahaitian]

 

[playahaitian]

Why is it crazy

what were the numbers on the ORIGINAL deal that he didn't sign earlier last season?

 

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what were the numbers on the ORIGINAL deal that he didn't sign earlier last season?

4 year, 72 million

 

[Dark19]

4 Games

 

[Amajorfucup]

Basically yes....

-Didn't sign him to the long term deal between 18-23 mill he wanted, with a huge guarantee that he wanted
-Only 26 Mil is guaranteed so it's only 13 mill per
-No better options out there right now
-We can draft a QB and groom him the next year or two
-In 2 years we are through with him
-Helluva move by Howie, Helluva signing

Not sure how this equate to crazy Bruh

Its a win because its lower than the deal he wanted?? What the fuck kind of measuring stick is that??!!

Hes a fucking BUM! In a QB friendly gimmick system he had 19 TDs and 14picks... Hes injury prone, AND soft..

"ONLY" 26 mill?? $18mill puts him right outside top 5 QB pay.

It isnt 13 a year bro.. If you cut him after one year he walks with 26.. If he plays both out he gets 36.. Those are the two options.. So he either plays one year and gets cut at 26, which would make him the highest paid one year player in history... OR, he plays both and gets 36, which would make him top 7 paid QB.

Oh, and he fucking stinks.

Its a fucking awful deal man.

 

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Its a win because its lower than the deal he wanted?? What the fuck kind of measuring stick is that??!!

Hes a fucking BUM! In a QB friendly gimmick system he had 19 TDs and 14picks... Hes injury prone, AND soft..

"ONLY" 26 mill?? $18mill puts him right outside top 5 QB pay.

It isnt 13 a year bro.. If you cut him after one year he walks with 26.. If he plays both out he gets 36.. Those are the two options.. So he either plays one year and gets cut at 26, which would make him the highest paid one year player in history... OR, he plays both and gets 36, which would make him top 7 paid QB.

Oh, and he fucking stinks.

Its a fucking awful deal man.

Its a 2 year commitment Bruh... His salary puts him at 16th in the league at QB, and his overall deal is 21st in term of total money? How is this a bad deal again Bruh?

He wanted 5 and got two. So, what other QBs are there that are available who are better options in the short term than him...

A two year deal at this price for a starting qb with no long term commitment is NOT an awful deal by any means. They would have had to give him 22 for one year on the franchise tag, or go into the next season with Sanchez or a rookie at QB... Brilliant move by Howie!!

 

[Bumpee]

 

[D-TOWN REP]

Can't tell me if he was black at this point in his career he would be a well paid starting quarterback

Mind made up I'm not arguing it

 

[XXXplosive]

Damn, Eagles stay losing....

 

[playahaitian]

4 year, 72 million

so 18 mil a year.

that was a damn good offer considering his health and play

how much guaranteed?

Cause based off THAT?

this was a very bad first big contract for the Eagles new post Chip regime.

dude will NOT hold up.

 

[IT IS WHAT IT IS]

so 18 mil a year.

that was a damn good offer considering his health and play

how much guaranteed?

If I remember, it was in the 40 to 45 million range

 

[playahaitian]

Can't tell me if he was black at this point in his career he would be a well paid starting quarterback

Mind made up I'm not arguing it

I kept hearing how horrible Vince young was back in the day but compared to what these white qb career back ups getting?

 

[Amajorfucup]

Its a 2 year commitment Bruh... His salary puts him at 16th in the league at QB, and his overall deal is 21st in term of total money? How is this a bad deal again Bruh?

He wanted 5 and got two. So, what other QBs are there that are available who are better options in the short term than him...

A two year deal at this price for a starting qb with no long term commitment is NOT an awful deal by any means. They would have had to give him 22 for one year on the franchise tag, or go into the next season with Sanchez or a rookie at QB... Brilliant move by Howie!!

Per year average he will be anywhere from 1st to 7th in annual salary. No one else was giving him that deal man. Osweiler and Fitzpatrick are both better short term options... and Sanchez isnt much worse. The guy stinks and stays hurt.. Investing two years and that dollar amount is laughable man. Hes clearly not al ong term solution and you dont have a super bowl contender so why invest that much in a stop gap? It makes zero sense. Get a low price journeymen and grab a rookie to develop.. But dont pay top 10 money for a injury prone bum two year loaner..

Lemme ask you this, you think hes better than Kaep or RG3? You think either will get anywhere near that money??

Horrible deal man.

Can't tell me if he was black at this point in his career he would be a well paid starting quarterback

Mind made up I'm not arguing it

Shits beyond crazy bro.

 

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Per year average he will be anywhere from 1st to 7th in annual salary. No one else was giving him that deal man. Osweiler and Fitzpatrick are both better short term options... and Sanchez isnt much worse. The guy stinks and stays hurt.. Investing two years and that dollar amount is laughable man. Hes clearly not al ong term solution and you dont have a super bowl contender so why invest that much in a stop gap? It makes zero sense. Get a low price journeymen and grab a rookie to develop.. But dont pay top 10 money for a injury prone bum two year loaner..

Lemme ask you this, you think hes better than Kaep or RG3? You think either will get anywhere near that money??

Horrible deal man.


Shits beyond crazy bro.

No he won't bro, I looked it up. And everyone above him have more years on their deals for more total money than he does. So again, understanding your contention that it's a bad deal, float me some alternatives? Which other quarterbacks are available that would have been better signings? Especially for such a short deal?

 

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Well I definitely feel the black quarterback arguments, and the league is really fucked up in that regard? How many black quarterbacks are there right now on the radar outside of rg3 that we can honestly say damn they should be in the league? Not arguing against the point, it's a genuine question

 

[Tdot_firestarta]

Only $26 mill guaranteed

Basically yes....

-Didn't sign him to the long term deal between 18-23 mill he wanted, with a huge guarantee that he wanted
-Only 26 Mil is guaranteed so it's only 13 mill per
-No better options out there right now
-We can draft a QB and groom him the next year or two
-In 2 years we are through with him
-Helluva move by Howie, Helluva signing

Not sure how this equate to crazy Bruh

basically, at least they can get out of it early and won't be hamstrung for a long period of time
I'm surprised he agreed to a 2 year contract.
Now they're not forced to draft a QB to start early...if Lynch is there, maybe he's the pick and he can sit for a year.. or possibly they go BPA in the first round and take somebody like Brissett, Cook or Prescott in the later rounds and have him sit...if Sammy doesn't pan out then draft Deshaun Watson next year.
Or if by chance Sammy lights it up a year after: fully recovering from his ACL tears, getting fully acclimated to football and getting in football shape. playing behind a stronger O-line with a more Pro style offense where he has more control..then the eagles can extend him when they're ready to.

looking forward to see how it's structured...
When we get details i can break it down, but without knowing the structure it is entirely guess work. Being a 2 year deal i doubt there is much signing bonus.

Would guess it is something like $3mil signing bonus, 13$mil salary fully guaranteed in 2016. $10mil roster bonus in 2017 guaranteed for injury on something like 5th day of the league year, and $10mil salary in 2017, with a couple of probowl/sb bonus added to get the deal to a possible 40.

 

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Only $26 mill guaranteed


basically, at least they can get out of it early and won't be hamstrung for a long period of time
I'm surprised he agreed to a 2 year contract.
Now they're not forced to draft a QB to start early...if Lynch is there, maybe he's the pick and he can sit for a year.. or possibly they go BPA in the first round and take somebody like Brissett, Cook or Prescott in the later rounds and have him sit...if Sammy doesn't pan out then draft Deshaun Watson next year.
Or if by chance Sammy lights it up a year after: fully recovering from his ACL tears, getting fully acclimated to football and getting in football shape. playing behind a stronger O-line with a more Pro style offense where he has more control..then the eagles can extend him when they're ready too.

looking forward to see how it's structured...
When we get details i can break it down, but without knowing the structure it is entirely guess work. Being a 2 year deal i doubt there is much signing bonus.

Would guess it is something like $3mil signing bonus, 13$mil salary fully guaranteed in 2016. $10mil roster bonus in 2017 guaranteed for injury on something like 5th day of the league year, and $10mil salary in 2017, with a couple of probowl/sb bonus added to get the deal to a possible 40.

That's my whole point. It's a two year place holder to transition. Compared to Rogers and Wilson, yeah Bradford is a bump, but compared to the available quarterbacks out there he's the best or one of the best of the bunch. There's absolutely nothing wrong with this deal, compared to what his agent was asking for going into the offseason the Eagles should be patted on the back for this one.

 

[Amajorfucup]

No he won't bro, I looked it up. And everyone above him have more years on their deals for more total money than he does. So again, understanding your contention that it's a bad deal, float me some alternatives? Which other quarterbacks are available that would have been better signings? Especially for such a short deal?

Look, in terms of real dollars- not averages, not prorated amounts- actual dollars paid this season... Bradford will be between 1st and 10th. If he stinks or gets hurt and is cut he gets the entire 26.. If he plays it out he gets 36. Thats more than anyone else would have given him on the open market.

I already gave you 4 better prospects.. RG3, Kaep, Osweiler, Fitzpatrick are all better QBs. And thats just off top of my head.

Now, when you factor in the team isnt a contender, and Sam stinks, why invest that much into him? Get a low price vet, and develop a rookie. Build a team instead of wasting nearly 40mill in a bum.

 

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Look, in terms of real dollars- not averages, not prorated amounts- actual dollars paid this season... Bradford will be between 1st and 10th. If he stinks or gets hurt and is cut he gets the entire 26.. If he plays it out he gets 36. Thats more than anyone else would have given him on the open market.

I already gave you 4 better prospects.. RG3, Kaep, Osweiler, Fitzpatrick are all better QBs. And thats just off top of my head.

Now, when you factor in the team isnt a contender, and Sam stinks, why invest that much into him? Get a low price vet, and develop a rookie. Build a team instead of wasting nearly 40mill in a bum.

I looked at it in terms of real dollars, and even at 18 million / he's 15th in the league next year. You can't just look at it on the per year basis. And what you're saying really doesn't make sense. So you take a chance in a rebuilding situation on an unproven rookie who may not pan out instead of sitting him behind someone who at least has experience and grooming him for 2 years, running the risk of having to start all over again after a year or two? That makes absolutely no sense, especially when you're getting the best available talent right now at a bargain and only for two year commitment. Again I ask, name some better options that are available right now?

 

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Look, in terms of real dollars- not averages, not prorated amounts- actual dollars paid this season... Bradford will be between 1st and 10th. If he stinks or gets hurt and is cut he gets the entire 26.. If he plays it out he gets 36. Thats more than anyone else would have given him on the open market.

I already gave you 4 better prospects.. RG3, Kaep, Osweiler, Fitzpatrick are all better QBs. And thats just off top of my head.

Now, when you factor in the team isnt a contender, and Sam stinks, why invest that much into him? Get a low price vet, and develop a rookie. Build a team instead of wasting nearly 40mill in a bum.

None of the players you names are available especially at this money or years. Kap is not leaving Frisco, and all of a sudden now Fitzpatrick is Montana? None of those guys are available so why wait till free agency when they are signed and then you're really stuck none of that makes sense when you get a QB who's been a starter in this league for a two year deal.

 

[alexw]

welp im going to youtube now to watch edp lose it lolol

 

[alexw]

 

[doggish_098]

Panic move. By the howie the homo. The qb's didn't perform well in the combine except for maybe wentz and goff. Basically 13 million a year I can live with that but I don't think he will lead the team to anything great and the division will probably not be as bad as it was this year.

 

[Amajorfucup]

I looked at it in terms of real dollars, and even at 18 million / he's 15th in the league next year. You can't just look at it on the per year basis. And what you're saying really doesn't make sense. So you take a chance in a rebuilding situation on an unproven rookie who may not pan out instead of sitting him behind someone who at least has experience and grooming him for 2 years, running the risk of having to start all over again after a year or two? That makes absolutely no sense, especially when you're getting the best available talent right now at a bargain and only for two year commitment. Again I ask, name some better options that are available right now?

You're looking at prorated amounts based on total contract numbers bro... Next year, in actual paid dollars, Sam will be no lower than 10.

And again, he stinks... and the team inst a contender. So why invest two years on a bum when you can develop young talent and actually work toward something?

Another the prospects you names are available, cat is not leaving Frisco, and all of a sudden now Fitzpatrick is Montana? None of those guys are available so why wait till free agency when they are signed and then you're really stuck none of that makes sense when you get a QB who's been a starter in this league for a two year deal.

I clearly said Fitz was a better option. Dont have to be Montana to be better than that shit sandwich you just gave 16 mil too my man.

And again man, no one was gonna pay the guy that. So it just makes zero sense across the board bro.

 

[doggish_098]

Fat nigga got a fat Asian or is that his uber driver?

 

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bananas..

Kirk Cousins gets the franchise tag too
Posted by Darin Gantt on March 1, 2016, 1:16 PM EST

AP
Washington seemed legitimately torn over what to do with quarterback Kirk Cousins.

But in the NFL, you’ve either got a quarterback you trust or you’re looking for one, and the team didn’t want to look again.

Per multiple reports, they’ve used the non-exclusive franchise tag on Cousins, committing $19.953 million to a guy who was good for half a season.

The quarterback market is such the Cousins would have been a hot commodity, so regardless their reservations, they couldn’t let Cousins reach it.

They can still work on a long-term deal prior to July 15, but it might be hard to establish his value now that he’s already guaranteed nearly $20 million for a single season establishing what he’ll think is the floor.

 

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You're looking at prorated amounts based on total contract numbers bro... Next year, in actual paid dollars, Sam will be no lower than 10.

And again, he stinks... and the team inst a contender. So why invest two years on a bum when you can develop young talent and actually work toward something?


I clearly said Fitz was a better option. Dont have to be Montana to be better than that shit sandwich you just gave 16 mil too my man.

And again man, no one was gonna pay the guy that. So it just makes zero sense across the board bro.

Who says Fitz is available? Also, none of the available crop are a long term solution yet you would have to sign them to a longer term deal. Also, Bradfords actual highest salary is 18 mil which is 15th in the league next year... His total money is 36 mil which is 21st? He is definitely a top 15-21 qb in the league and he just signed a short deal that didnt bust their cap... Great deal and for what we are trying to do a great signing!

 

[Amajorfucup]

Who says Fitz is available? Also, none of the available crop are a long term solution yet you would have to sign them to a longer term deal. Also, Bradfords actual highest salary is 18 mil which is 15th in the league next year... His total money is 36 mil which is 21st? He is definitely a top 15-21 qb in the league and he just signed a short deal that didnt bust their cap... Great deal and for what we are trying to do a great signing!

Imma say it one more time... and this will be the last time explaining it.. His real numbers (NOT TOTAL CONTRACT NUMBERS OR PRORATED PAY BASED ON CONTRACT NUMBER OF YEARS) put him top ten pay... and if he is cut next year which is likely, it will put him FIRST in compensation..

Im saying since he stinks, and you guys arent remotely a contender, why invest that in a bum?? Invest that money in areas of need and develop a QB!

 

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Imma say it one more time... and this will be the last time explaining it.. His real numbers (NOT TOAL CONTRAT NUMBERS OR PRORATED PAY BASED ON CONTRACT NUMBER OF YEARS)

All that being said, he wanted 20 per over 5, got him for 36 over 2, cap and year friendly, and hes the best available qb out there.... Great signing Bruh!

 

[thismybgolname]

This was a good move for the Eagles.

They've got a qb that can run their system while they build the rest of the team.

First 8 games of the season were mediocre at best, last 8 he did well and the 3 picks (I believe) in the last 8 games weren't his fault.

Shitty receiving corp.