I know the Russell Wilson contract thread was pretty popular and had a lot of opinions. Here is an article from this weekend by the Seattle Times:
"Seattle is reported, most recently by ESPN, to have offered Wilson a four-year deal up to $87 million, or just under $22 million a season, though that figure has not been confirmed.
Wilson is thought wanting a deal that would put him on par, if not surpass, the top-paid players in the NFL. Spotrac lists Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers as the highest-paid player in the NFL on a per-year basis at $22 million.
Thought to be just as critical, though, is the amount that would be fully guaranteed at signing. Unlike in Major League Baseball and the NBA, contracts in the NFL are not fully guaranteed. Most contain a percentage of guaranteed money.
Increasingly becoming a point of status in the NFL is the amount of money that is fully guaranteed at signing. Defensive lineman Ndamukong Suh set a record for money fully guaranteed at signing this year when he got $59.955 million from the Dolphins. Rodgers leads quarterbacks, getting just more than $44 million in his deal signed in 2013."
LINK: http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/...russell-wilson-is-truly-an-elite-quarterback/
"Seattle is reported, most recently by ESPN, to have offered Wilson a four-year deal up to $87 million, or just under $22 million a season, though that figure has not been confirmed.
Wilson is thought wanting a deal that would put him on par, if not surpass, the top-paid players in the NFL. Spotrac lists Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers as the highest-paid player in the NFL on a per-year basis at $22 million.
Thought to be just as critical, though, is the amount that would be fully guaranteed at signing. Unlike in Major League Baseball and the NBA, contracts in the NFL are not fully guaranteed. Most contain a percentage of guaranteed money.
Increasingly becoming a point of status in the NFL is the amount of money that is fully guaranteed at signing. Defensive lineman Ndamukong Suh set a record for money fully guaranteed at signing this year when he got $59.955 million from the Dolphins. Rodgers leads quarterbacks, getting just more than $44 million in his deal signed in 2013."
LINK: http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/...russell-wilson-is-truly-an-elite-quarterback/
