Details of McNabb deal start to emerge
by JasonB on Jun 12, 2009 11:30 AM EDT
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The Eagles haven't released details of the restructured deal, but ESPN's Michael Smith has some numbers.
The five-time Pro Bowler was due to make $9.2 million this season and $10 million next season. ESPN's Michael Smith reported the two-year deal is worth $24.5 million, with another $1 million in incentives.
That works out to a raise of about $5 million, plus reports suggest that a portion of the money is guaranteed.
The interesting thing is that it would appear the deal is more symbolic than anything. While $5 million is nothing to sneeze at, it's not an incredibly significant amount of money over two years for a team like the Eagles who have cash and cap space to spare.
Like I said in the previous post, the deal really changes very little from a team perspective. From McNabb's perspective he must be is happier and feel more wanted... but by adding some money but no new years, the Eagles position remains the same as it was. McNabb will be here for the next two years, just like he probaby was anyway, he'll just be making an extra $2 mil or so a year.
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im good with that
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by NorthPhillyKid on Jun 12, 2009 11:36 AM EDT reply actions
I'm happy we got this done, now we off to the superbowl.
I love that pic with McNabb by the way, JasonB.
I think the fact that some (or most, perhaps) is going to be garaunteed matters quite a bit.
That in some ways is better than any raise at all. So I think the restructure, while not changing anything really, is more than symbolic.
The Eagles are a very shrewd orginazation,
I think this is a prelude to a new deal with Brown. This also helps the players on the squad see that the Eagles will pay if you earn it. It gets them to work harder and maybe ask for a raise as well.
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That's an interesting thought
I find it a little odd that the team took such a hard line with Brown and yet is doing this seemingly happily. And all the fan anger at Sheldon for not just living with his contract seems absent here. Bit of a double standard? I suppose it makes sense in that McNabb is the most valuable component of the team, but Sheldon is pretty valuable too — at least for the next couple of years. I really would hate to see Hansen or Hobbs (or Jack), in a starting role this year. So I hope you’re right that they do use this as a prelude to making nice with Sheldon.
they also
harped away about the year thing, ie 3 years!?! or 4 or whatever it was left on the contract. Maybe it would be a hint to the players and to Brown that they arent going to do these things when there is a substantial amount of time left on a contract, but towards the end they might get a little bit of a raise. Also, McNabb getting 5 million suggests that Brown would get like what 1 million? Franchise QB is probably the position that gets the highest raise on the team, so I dont know what the CB or DE/OL etc would get.
But did he really earn it?
I’m not trying to take anything away from what he has done, but I felt like last year was consistant with what we have come to expect from Don. The same way Sheldon’s year was consistant with what we though he would give us. At least Sheldon didn’t get benched last year. So are the Eagles really giving out money for doing exactly what they expected these players to do at the time their contracts were signed?
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by DownHillBradley on Jun 12, 2009 1:10 PM EDT up reply actions
I gotta admit ...
… I didn’t spend a lot of time worrying about whether or not this would get done, and now that it is (and I agree it’s largely symbolic), I don’t feel a whole lot of emotion about it.
Seemed like a done deal all the way.
One thing that’s always been true … Andy and Banner and Lurie like McNabb a whole lot more (and more consistently) than the fan base sometimes appears to.
Glad to have it out of the way, at least it won’t be a distraction to the lazy folks who cover football looking to drum something up about the Birds.
Still waiting for the Eagles to Bring It Home For Jerome
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