[CBFF] FW: Berrian receives $16 million signing bonus

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It's all in how it's structured. Reggie Wayne got 12.5 million signing bonus in 2007 and 2006 (25 millions total) and might have some left to be paid. He's also getting around 3 million as a base salary. It was called a 6 year 39.5 million offer.

Drew Bennet got a 7 million signing bonus last year and his contract is referred to as a 6 year 30 million dollar contract.

David Givens got 6 million in signing bonus in both 2007 and 2006. It's been called a 5 year 24 million dollar deal.

12 million guaranteed two years ago for Givens, makes 16 for Berrian very palatable.

I would also like to point out that without having the hard numbers - and I don't think anyone actually releases those, it's just reports that give a broad outline of how the deal can go - it's really difficult to evaluate any of this. Everybody assumes Manning has some giant contract that is an albatross and Brady took way less to make his team competitive (or at least they did, perception may have changed) but Brady actually made more money last year and the deals are very comparable. We just don't have enough information to really compare these things and with the way the salary cap has been growing it's really hard to spend too much. The salary cap grows is expected to grow by 7 million this year and it grew by 7 million last year. Even if it all it did was grow by 7 every year, that's huge because that's an extra 7 million every year that you didn't spend in the previous year.
-Chris

----- Original Message ----
From: Jim Ferolie <ferolie at charter.net>
To: post at chicagobearsfanforum.com
Sent: Sunday, March 2, 2008 12:17:42 AM
Subject: Re: [CBFF] FW: Berrian receives $16 million signing bonus

Stallworth is fast, but I'm not sure I'd take him over Berrian.

That said, a $16 million signing bonus for him is wacked. Vikings fans are 
going to cheer wildly at first, but they're going to hold him to a higher 
standard than he'll be able to hold up to. Particularly with Tavaris Jackson 
throwing passes his way.

I'd much rather spend the money on both lines. I'm very glad Briggs was a 
reasonable deal and six years. After all that posturing, they turned a 
6-year, $33 million offer into effectively a 7-year, $43 million deal with a 
bit more at the front. Not a whole lot to give up considering.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Victor Waldron" <victor19 at gmail.com>


> Ryan, I can understand the frustration, but the market is thin at the
> positions you mention (QB and WR). And to say Berrian is our most
> dynamic offensive player isn't really saying much, and this is coming
> from someone who genuinely likes the guy.
>
> BTW, Donte Stallworth signed with Cleveland for only $10 mil
> guaranteed, a much more sober offer than the Berrian deal.
>
> FA isn't over yet. Hackett and Johnson are still out there and they
> don't rate much lower than Berrian and they will be had for
> considerably less. As far as I'm concerned, either of these guys plus
> giving Bradley more play plus losing Moose makes the team better. And
> that's without having to make a huge splash. Should we still try to do
> more? Yes, but I prefer the current approach over drunkin' spending
> that would tie our hands in '09 and beyond.
>
> V 


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