[CBFF] Walker's Contract

[Ross McCoy]

If I am reading this correctly (and maybe this is just ambiguity which I am
reading incorrectly), he will earn $2M this year plus $8-9M in bonuses giving
him $11M of a $25M contract this year. This means the remainder should average
about $4M/yr. This likely is designed to leave plenty of money in the DT pool
for Harris next year and beyond...

Ross

Steve Behrens (steve.behrens at gmail.com) writes:
> Details..........
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>      Bears, Walker agree on 5-year contract
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> BOURBONNAIS, Ill. (AP) -The Chicago
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> defensive tackle Darwin Walker agreed to a five-year, $25 million
> contract on Tuesday, two days after the team acquired him in a trade with
> Buffalo.
> 
> Walker will earn about $2 million this season, plus $8 million to $9 million
> in bonuses and possibly another $3.5 million in incentives over the length
> of the contract, according to his agent Albert Irby.
> 
> ``When Darwin got there, he liked it,'' Irby said. ``They liked him. So
> everyone was anxious to get something done.''
> 
> Buffalo had obtained Walker from Philadelphia in March for linebacker Takeo
> Spikes and backup quarterback Kelly Holcomb.
> 
> Walker, however, refused to report to the Bills until the team renegotiated
> the remaining two years on his contract. He was scheduled to make $1.3
> million this year and $1.4 million next season.
> 
> Irby said his client would have taken a one-year deal with the Bears.
> Instead, he's signed through 2011.
> 
> By acquiring Walker, the defending NFC champions filled a big hole that
> opened when the team released Tank Johnson following a series of run-ins
> with the law. They acquired a player with 26 1/2 sacks over the past five
> years, making him the fourth-most productive defensive tackle during that
> span.
> 
> Walker was interested in joining the Bears when the Eagles allowed him to
> seek a trade last spring. But Chicago had no room because Johnson was still
> on the team.
> 
> ``There was instant love between Darwin and the Bears,'' Irby said. ``Darwin
> said, 'Look, just get the deal done.' Now, he's excited about being a Bear.
> The Bears are young and tough and they're going to be a competitive team for
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> On 7/31/07, Steve Behrens <steve.behrens at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > 5 yrs - $25,000,000
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