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skinsfan69 07-30-2007, 01:25 PM Signed a seven-year, $18 million contract. The deal included a $7.2 million signing bonus and contains $13.1 million in total guarantees. Another $22 million is available in escalators based on playing time, performance and Pro Bowl or All-Pro selections. 2007: $1.125 million, 2008: $865,000, 2009: $1.105 million, 2010: $1.345 million, 2011: Free Agent
Glad Landry has signed but Taylor has to be pissed as hell. But it's his own fault for signing a bad deal.
RobH4413 07-30-2007, 01:41 PM I couldn't disagree more - we're going to have the two highest paid safeties in the league down the road. We're spending a boatload of money at one of the lesser important positions. I mean, I hope he turns out to be an impact player, but I don't think we'll look back on this as a good move.
Wouldn't it be smarter to have two great CB's, DE's, WR's, etc... vs. the safety position? I still can't believe we drafted this guy instead of a D-Lineman. I think it'll set our franchise back years. When we DID draft him, I was positive that Gibbs had a veteran DE in the works - but so far nothing.
WTF are we thinking? Am I the only one nervous about this move?
Ok - that said, I want to be optimistic about this season - so I won't bring it up again...
See, I kind of disagree with you here. I don't think, specifically in GW's defense, that safeties are a lesser important position.
He thrives off of the safeties blitzing, and dies by the safeties not being able to cover the pass. Look what happened last year with AA. If you read an article not too long ago about how offenses have begun to figure out the cover-2, it implies GW has to do something to correct it... ie, draft a safety.
A huge problem was safeties becoming baited into the run, and getting burned on the PA. (Williams: Offenses Have Uncovered the Cover-2 - washingtonpost.com (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/21/AR2006122101553.html))
I think this is a good signing, and a good draft pick given the options we had. I would have preferred a DE, but at the 6 spot, he was clearly the best choice.
dmek25 07-30-2007, 02:11 PM as much as i hate to say this, if Landry turns into the player we think he will, it might mean the end of Taylor in Washington. i agree with AJFC, too much money on that position
dall-assblows 07-30-2007, 02:15 PM is it even official yet? redskins.com says its close
pdid5000 07-30-2007, 02:34 PM ESPN - Redskins sign safety Landry of LSU, No. 6 in draft - NFL (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2954132)
Working all through the day Sunday, the Washington Redskins were finally able to strike an agreement early Monday morning with first-round choice LaRon Landry of LSU, the sixth player selected overall in this year's draft.
The deal, negotiated by agent Joel Segal, came just shy of 1 a.m. Monday, and will be signed later in the day after both sides review the final document.
The five-year contract has a maximum value of $41.5 million and it includes $17.5 million in guarantees.
A four-time all-SEC defender, Landry was universally regarded as the top safety in the 2007 draft and among the best prospects at the position in the last several years. He is one of only a handful of safeties ever chosen among the top 10 players in the modern-era draft, and joins teammate Sean Taylor, the Redskins' top pick in 2004, in that distinctionvery nice to hear
TheMalcolmConnection 07-30-2007, 03:37 PM What's even better is that Landry was PUSHING his agent to get the deal done.
jsarno 07-30-2007, 03:40 PM I couldn't disagree more - we're going to have the two highest paid safeties in the league down the road. We're spending a boatload of money at one of the lesser important positions. I mean, I hope he turns out to be an impact player, but I don't think we'll look back on this as a good move.
Wouldn't it be smarter to have two great CB's, DE's, WR's, etc... vs. the safety position? I still can't believe we drafted this guy instead of a D-Lineman. I think it'll set our franchise back years. When we DID draft him, I was positive that Gibbs had a veteran DE in the works - but so far nothing.
WTF are we thinking? Am I the only one nervous about this move?
Ok - that said, I want to be optimistic about this season - so I won't bring it up again...
Well, going off of what was posted here, 22 million of the contract is incentive laced...last I checked incentive money doesn't count towards the cap. So the salary is cheap for a player of his alleged caliber.
Crat92 07-30-2007, 07:23 PM Great. I'm glad the 'Skins didn't trick him like they did ST. Boy ST should have fired his agent for that awful deal!
4mrusmc 07-30-2007, 08:19 PM Man, I'm no capoligist but, that sounds like a huge contract for a rookie. I hope that it doesn't hurt our team's cap in the long run.
jsarno 07-30-2007, 10:07 PM Man, I'm no capoligist but, that sounds like a huge contract for a rookie. I hope that it doesn't hurt our team's cap in the long run.
Well, 18+7.2mil = 25.2 mil over 7 years.
That would average 3.6 mil a year if it was a straight contract...which I doubt since all contracts are back loaded. So he will likely be costing us 1.5ish towards the cap this year. 2.5ish next year.
He won't be a problem until year 5 or 6.
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