Trent Williams has signed and is practicing today
 

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Logjam is now broken: Filed to ESPN: Redskins gave Trent Williams a six-year, $60 million contract that includes $36.75 million guaranteed.

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Trent williams is with the starters, as expected. [URL="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23redskins"]#redskins[/URL]

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Trent Williams deal with Redskins is 6 years for max of $60M with $36.75M guaranteed. First top 5 pick to sign in 2010

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Trent williams is with the starters, as expected. [URL="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23redskins"]#redskins[/URL][/quote]

Awesome. This is really good news. I hope to hear some reports about how he is doing with the first team offense soon! HTTR

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Six yrs. $60mil not bad. Let's get to work!!

httr

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Get em Trent ;)

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first play in practice was Portis to the left behind Trent

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Big!!!!

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Nice job FO.

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So, so awesome! Thanks for being level headed Trent, and great job by the FO!

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Great news & Grrreat job FO.

HTTR.

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good to hear!

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I'm excited and all, but level headed??? he got 36million guaranteed. We will see if he is level headed once he gets that first big check!

Personally I think he should have been in on time, even if his guaranteed was only 35Mill.

Regardless. I love the way things are shaping up!

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i like it. but with no cap this year, was there no way to put the entire bonus into this years book? i don't understand why they would prorate the nearly $37M bonus if they could get it all into this uncapped year. anyone have any idea?

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[quote=los panda;715748]i like it. but with no cap this year, was there no way to put the entire bonus into this years book? i don't understand why they would prorate the nearly $37M bonus if they could get it all into this uncapped year. anyone have any idea?[/quote]

maybe in case there's not a next year.. they don't give him all of it off the bat?

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[quote=tryfuhl;715763]maybe in case there's not a next year.. they don't give him all of it off the bat?[/quote]but it's guaranteed money. he's going to get it either way, right?

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[quote=los panda;715770]but it's guaranteed money. he's going to get it either way, right?[/quote]

true, unless there's wording otherwise

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where's our gosh darn cap expert? i need to know this. it will haunt me if we had the opportunity to put all that guaranteed money into this uncapped year and chose not to do so.

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maybe they figure it's smarter to leave that money earning interest than cough it all up at once

I'm sure that they can find a way to stay under the cap if it comes back

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[quote=CRedskinsRule;715737]I'm excited and all, but level headed??? he got 36million guaranteed. We will see if he is level headed once he gets that first big check!

Personally I think he should have been in on time, even if his guaranteed was only 35Mill.

Regardless. I love the way things are shaping up![/quote]

Yes, levelheaded, he's the only top 5 pick that's been signed, I'd say that's levelheaded. Missing 1 practice is not a big deal, I think it's awesome that he didn't pull some bs where he held out until 3 was done so that he could work his deal off of that one, i'ts a big deal that he's in camp now and I think it was levelheaded to get in now.

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Wow, that's an insane contract...let's hope he's good.

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I wish he can pancake Ware on the first play of the year. hehe

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[quote=tryfuhl;715789]maybe they figure it's smarter to leave that money earning interest than cough it all up at once

I'm sure that they can find a way to stay under the cap if it comes back[/quote]they always find a way to stay under the cap, no doubt about that. but i'd like if we'd start doing it correctly as opposed to robbing peter to pay paul so-to-speak

brandon lloyd

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well as far as I know we're still in decent shape even if there WAS a cap this year

that's a lot of money to earn interest on and I'm sure that's their reasoning

Allen's aware of all of this no doubt, freeing up that much space in future years could lead us back into the perpetual cap fixing

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[quote=tryfuhl;715805]freeing up that much space in future years could lead us back into the perpetual cap fixing[/quote]what do you mean?

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encourages extra spending per year instead of looking more long term

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Is Trent going to wear #72 still or did Mike Williams give up his number #71 to him yet?

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Damn that's alot of money. I wish I could play football well.

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[quote=tryfuhl;715813]encourages extra spending per year instead of looking more long term[/quote]ah, gotcha. from snyder's standpoint, i agree 100%. from allen's, i think it's freedom.

they could even FRONTload contracts

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[quote=CultBrennan59;715821]Is Trent going to wear #72 still or did Mike Williams give up his number #71 to him yet?[/quote]

so far he's in the 72 for practice

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put that on the 3D board!

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Great news. I like this quote from the kid as well:

[COLOR="DarkRed"]"I know I'm here to do a certain job, and that's to protect the blind side," Williams said. "If I go out there thinking about the bucks and not doing my job, I won't be here long. I just kind of put it behind me. I'm going to try to save and play my butt off."[/COLOR]

And
[COLOR="DarkRed"]
The other offensive linemen gave Williams grief for missing the first day of camp and forcing them to take more repetitions. He understood hazing was coming, and said he will "carry the pads all day long." And with his signing bonus, Williams joked he needs to talk to his financial advisers about finding the money to pay for teammates' meals throughout the season. All he said he needs is a house and a car to drive to work. He was informed that fellow lineman and Oklahoma product Jamaal Brown wants a car from Williams.

Responded Williams: "He can keep wishing on that one."[/COLOR]

[url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/redskinsinsider/trent-williams-happy-with-deal.html#more]Redskins Insider - Trent Williams happy with deal, gets right to work[/url]

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[quote=los panda;715748]i like it. but with no cap this year, was there no way to put the entire bonus into this years book? i don't understand why they would prorate the nearly $37M bonus if they could get it all into this uncapped year. anyone have any idea?[/quote]

lets see 21Mill in april = no show mandatory camp. Let's just let him work and get paid, no need to give a 22 year old 37Mill his first day at work. The salary cap will work itself out...

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[quote=JWsleep;715889]Great news. I like this quote from the kid as well:

[COLOR="DarkRed"]"I know I'm here to do a certain job, and that's to protect the blind side," Williams said. "If I go out there thinking about the bucks and not doing my job, I won't be here long. I just kind of put it behind me. I'm going to try to save and play my butt off."[/COLOR]

And
[COLOR="DarkRed"]
The other offensive linemen gave Williams grief for missing the first day of camp and forcing them to take more repetitions. He understood hazing was coming, and said he will "carry the pads all day long." And with his signing bonus, Williams joked he needs to talk to his financial advisers about finding the money to pay for teammates' meals throughout the season. All he said he needs is a house and a car to drive to work. He was informed that fellow lineman and Oklahoma product Jamaal Brown wants a car from Williams.

Responded Williams: "He can keep wishing on that one."[/COLOR]

[url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/redskinsinsider/trent-williams-happy-with-deal.html#more]Redskins Insider - Trent Williams happy with deal, gets right to work[/url][/quote]

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this mentality. Let's hope that he really has a good head on his shoulders, stays humble and hungry, and becomes the perennial all-pro we are all hoping it is. God knows, Washington is due its blind-side wall.

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[quote=CRedskinsRule;715902]lets see 21Mill in april = no show mandatory camp. Let's just let him work and get paid, no need to give a 22 year old 37Mill his first day at work. The salary cap will work itself out...[/quote]


Absolutely right the FO learnt alot from the AH contract.

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[quote=JWsleep;715889]Great news. I like this quote from the kid as well:

[COLOR="DarkRed"]"I know I'm here to do a certain job, and that's to protect the blind side," Williams said. "If I go out there thinking about the bucks and not doing my job, I won't be here long. I just kind of put it behind me. I'm going to try to save and play my butt off."[/COLOR]

And
[COLOR="DarkRed"]
The other offensive linemen gave Williams grief for missing the first day of camp and forcing them to take more repetitions. He understood hazing was coming, and said he will "carry the pads all day long." And with his signing bonus, Williams joked he needs to talk to his financial advisers about finding the money to pay for teammates' meals throughout the season. All he said he needs is a house and a car to drive to work. He was informed that fellow lineman and Oklahoma product Jamaal Brown wants a car from Williams.

Responded Williams: "He can keep wishing on that one."[/COLOR]

[url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/redskinsinsider/trent-williams-happy-with-deal.html#more]Redskins Insider - Trent Williams happy with deal, gets right to work[/url][/quote]

This is the kind of player I want on the team. Can we draft another one, please?

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[QUOTE]No. 1 pick Trent Williams signed his contract early Friday morning and joined the team for practice as the starting left tackle. His immediate plans thereafter: "A nap." Williams spent a sleepless night Thursday just outside the environs of Redskins Park as he waited for his agents to finalize his deal with the team. He even thought about watching Thursday's opening session. "I was nipping at the bit to drive by and see what was going on," he said. Instead, he hunkered down in his hotel room with instructions to stay close to his phone. And that's what he did, unable to sleep. The call came at 4:30 a.m. and then it was way too late for shut-eye. "They wanted me here at 6 a.m.," he said. "No point in teasing myself with one hour of sleep." Former left tackle Chris Samuels, now a coaching intern, said Williams "did really well his first day and he's going to get better." Linebacker Brian Orakpo, who played against Williams when Orakpo was at Texas and Williams was at Oklahoma, likes his former rival. "He loves to work to get better," he said. "He's a phenomenal tackle. I have been going against him nearly every day and he keeps getting better. He has such explosive feet and power." Williams enjoys getting tested by Orakpo, who had 11 sacks as a rookie. "When he left Texas, I knew he was going to be a force to be reckoned with," Williams said. "I didn't expect to see him every day."[/QUOTE] from the redskins "redskins rule" blog (and yeah it ticked me off when they took that name, I oughta get some royalties or somethin, of course i'd have to pay matty, and probably wouldn't see a dime. I wonder if Ben Dogra would help me out!)

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[quote=tryfuhl;715704]first play in practice was Portis to the left behind Trent[/quote]

you are freakin on point today with the updates. i appreciate.

i really like what weve been hearing about trent. he had a rep of not being lazy but not being the most motivated and devoted player. seems hes been at every meeting, workout etc working hard.

sounds like the kid has eye-opening amazing feet. this draft pick seems like a great fit.

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[quote=tryfuhl;715704]first play in practice was Portis to the left behind Trent[/quote]

best blocking back in the league IMO.

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[quote=Kindoy;715983]best blocking back in the league IMO.[/quote]

Please stop stateing the obvious LOL, agree 110% he loves to play.

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[quote=NYCskinfan82;715992]Please stop stateing the obvious LOL, agree 110% he loves to play.[/quote]

its something many people over look when they analyze a back though... i just love watching him pick up the blitz and lay a good one on those backers, even though all that hitting gets him into trouble (like after INT's)

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[quote=over the mountain;715944]you are freakin on point today with the updates. i appreciate.

i really like what weve been hearing about trent. he had a rep of not being lazy but not being the most motivated and devoted player. seems hes been at every meeting, workout etc working hard.

sounds like the kid has eye-opening amazing feet. this draft pick seems like a great fit.[/quote]

thanks bro, I'm honestly addicted to info like this

killed me we were so busy at work today and I couldn't share/tweet, etc

It's really pulling me back to my desire to be a journalist..