$60 Million 6 year contract, $31 guaranteed, barring a veto by the NFL

guess holding out aint so bad sometimes

[Edited on September 11, 2007 at 8:23 AM. Reason : lawl at the name]

9/11/2007 8:23:23 AM

60 dollar million dollar man

i saw this earlier too, can't believe he did hold out this long though

[Edited on September 11, 2007 at 8:28 AM. Reason : .]

9/11/2007 8:28:08 AM

hell yeah JaMarcys

9/11/2007 9:43:32 AM

cha ching

9/11/2007 9:44:57 AM

mad money son

9/11/2007 2:18:20 PM

ballin'

9/11/2007 3:47:38 PM

1/2 TD/INT ratio. Mark it. Not his fault, though.

9/11/2007 3:54:36 PM

aha, their shitty week 1 performance got the ball rolling

9/11/2007 4:54:32 PM

Can't be worse than Alex Smith's 1 to 11 ratio in his first year

9/11/2007 4:54:39 PM

there is no way this guy is going to contribute 60 million worth...Calvin Johnson is the only person in the last SEVERAL years to warrant that kind of money for a draft pick. but such is the NFL i guess

9/11/2007 10:38:03 PM

Enough of the Calvin Johnson dickriding. He's great and all, but he's a fucking receiver. He'll never be worth as much to a team as a decent QB.

9/11/2007 10:40:44 PM

Seriously, he could be the greatest receiver ever within 2 years, and he still wouldn't deserve a 60 million dollar rookie contract.

In fact, no one deserves a 60 million dollar rookie contract. If I had the first pick I would definitely trade it, because the amount of money these kids are demanding these days is getting ridiculous.

9/11/2007 11:12:50 PM

9/11/2007 11:13:34 PM

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"no one deserves a 60 million dollar rookie contract"

that's it really. i read that the guaranteed money Russell is getting breaks the month long record held by Calvin Johnson, which broke the record held by Mario Williams. it's just insane that kids are getting this much money without having taken one snap in the NFL

9/11/2007 11:38:42 PM

Is it really 60 million or is it more like 10 million + 50 million bonus if you wrestle king kong

[Edited on September 11, 2007 at 11:40 PM. Reason : sdf]

9/11/2007 11:40:36 PM

^ $31 million guaranteed.

9/11/2007 11:46:29 PM

seriously....


$60 million I mean seriously

9/11/2007 11:56:11 PM

at this point, i would be shocked if this tourns out to be a good pick/contract for the raiders

9/12/2007 12:13:16 AM

The 31 is the only number that matters folks, NFL contracts are not guaranteed. And 31, my goodness, what was he wanting to begin with , 35? Obviously, the 31 is a compromised number from both parties, so these months of negotiating let me know he wanted substantially more than 31 guaranteed, and he ain't worth it.


Oh, and if you could give me a Rice, Monk, etc., I'd much rather take them before any QB besides Manning and Brady in the NFL today, and Johnson has the most potential of any receiver in a long long time.


[Edited on September 12, 2007 at 1:36 AM. Reason : ..]

9/12/2007 1:33:18 AM