Sources: Rams, Bradford agree on $78M deal

[Chrispy]

The St. Louis Rams reached an agreement with No. 1 overall pick Sam Bradford on a six-year, $78 million deal, sources told ESPN on Friday night.

According to the sources, Bradford's deal contains $50 million of guarantees and has a max value of $86 million.

Last year, the Detroit Lions gave No. 1 overall pick Matthew Stafford a six-year deal that included $41.7 million in guaranteed money.

Veteran A.J. Feeley opened Rams camp as the starting quarterback while Bradford's agents and the Rams' front office worked out a deal.

Bradford won the Heisman Trophy as a redshirt sophomore at the University of Oklahoma. However, he appeared in just three games in 2009, his junior year, before undergoing right shoulder surgery.

The Rams were 1-15 last year and scored a league-low 175 points. They are just 6-42 the past three seasons and have had three different head coaches and six different starting quarterbacks in that time frame. The Rams have not made the playoffs since making five postseason appearances from 1999-2004.

Information from ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter, ESPN.com NFL Insider Chris Mortensen and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=5425041

 

[St. Francisco]

Jesus Christ...rookie salaries are so out of control it's not even worth arguing the point anymore.

 

[Atlas]

Shame he wont even play 5 years in the NFL. He's just a whiter Jamarcus Russell. Fuck this homo!

he is like the exact opposite of Jamarcus Russell... white, too skinny rather than a lard ass, more of an accurate arm than a cannon arm, not prone to scramble, not lazy, and most of all, he didnt go to the black hole of the NFL...

 

[Survivor]

ha... and in related news. Eric Berry is the highest paid safety in the NFL.

When the new CBA comes please give us a rookie pay scale.

 

[mcstl25]

Please NFL fix rookie contracts. Ridiculous.

Welcome to St. Louis, Sam. Don't suck.

 

[Aso]

My prediction was only 2 million off.

 

[Realist]

That is ridiculous! This sh_t has to be fixed. Unless he wins a couple of super bowls, he will not live up to that contract.

 

[longhornfan]

That's alot of money, they definitely need a rookie cap.
But I hope Bradford does well though just for the sake of seeing a Big 12 qb that actually has a good pro career.

 

[Fox1994]

It took me to the bottom of the page to realize it, but $78 mil is a whole lot of fucking money. Minimum of $50 mil, maximum of $86 mil... They're never getting rid of this kid. I hope he wins y'all a grip of championships, because he's gonna cost you a grip of money.

$78 million? That's 78 million Junior Whoppers, 13 million packs of Black & Milds, 78 million-dollar houses. That's TOO FUCKING MUCH money. I say "I hope he's worth it", but I don't mean it... Because I can't imagine anyone being worth that much money.

Good luck.

 

[mcstl25]

People can say all they want about ridiculous over spending in baseball, but a baseball player who receives a $100 million contract has likely put 8-10 years into the game (6 in the majors; 2-4 in minors). Paying rookies who have never played a down in the league nearly the same money is just stupid, and will ruin the NFL if rookie contracts aren't fixed asap.

 

[Fox1994]

People can say all they want about ridiculous over spending in baseball, but a baseball player who receives a $100 million contract has likely put 8-10 years into the game (6 in the majors; 2-4 in minors). Paying rookies who have never played a down in the league nearly the same money is just stupid, and will ruin the NFL if rookie contracts aren't fixed asap.

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

Will ruin?

It did ruin. The league's ruined. It's all about getting paid more than the last guy or the next guy. Nobody plays to win anymore. Nobody plays for their teammates, or for honor, or glory or all of that other shit you can basically only achieve on a field or court in modern time.

Nobody cares. They just wanna get paid. Bradford's getting paid. He's not creating some new terrible trend, he's just following the current one.

:smh:

 

[BigBucs]

Good now we can get Gerald McCoy signed and into camp. He will prolly get around 65-68 mill.

 

[USCChifan]

He better not bust, first $50 mil guaranteed deal in the history of the NFL.

 

[Nukleopatra]

Lol @ you haters. He's worth every penny.

 

[Goober]

Lol @ you haters. He's worth every penny.

It's almost football season!

 

[dave]

People can say all they want about ridiculous over spending in baseball, but a baseball player who receives a $100 million contract has likely put 8-10 years into the game (6 in the majors; 2-4 in minors). Paying rookies who have never played a down in the league nearly the same money is just stupid, and will ruin the NFL if rookie contracts aren't fixed asap.

Bill Polian says having a top 10 pick in the draft is suicide.
One mistake sets a franchise back for years.

 

[Fox1994]

Lol @ you haters. He's worth every penny.

:O A Nuk sighting!

Care to back that up? Or are you just gonna drop that in here and leave?

I expect an answer when you come back out of hibernation.

 

[PP]

Why is Sam Bradford probably making more $ than Brady/Manning? Rookie salaries are jacked up.

 

[PEYMAN18]

Why is Sam Bradford probably making more $ than Brady/Manning? Rookie salaries are jacked up.

It's goint to be interesting to see what Manning and Brady's new deals will look like next season.

 

[PEYMAN18]

http://www.freep.com/article/20100731/SPORTS01/100731007/1049/Lions-Suh-close-to-signing

Thank you Sam Bradford.