Post by texaspat on Apr 16, 2024 8:20:03 GMT -5
The Philadelphia Eagles have set the market:
They have made things more difficult for Dallas (CeeDee Lamb) and Cincinnati (Tee Higgins) after signing DeVonta Smith to a three-year, $75 million contract extension.
Smith is signing a three-year deal with a $15 million fifth-year option that will keep the Heisman Trophy winner in Philadelphia through the 2028 NFL season.
With the contract official, and the offseason program underway, here’s an instant analysis of the move.
Philadelphia beat Cincinnati and Dallas to the contract table, ensuring that the Bengals and Cowboys will spend over $26 million at the minimum to retain their stars.
Cowboys WR CeeDee Lamb isn’t expected to attend the start of Dallas’ voluntary off-season program Monday while he awaits a new contract to replace the one scheduled to pay him a fully-guaranteed $17.199 million for his upcoming fifth-year option season.
Smith is getting $75 million total with $51 million guaranteed, per Ian Rapoport.
Philadelphia historically prefers to lock up its elite hometown draftees early, and it has been working on this contract since the fourth-year wide receiver became eligible this offseason.
At worst, it’s a two-year $51 million deal if Smith falls off a cliff, but a valuable deal for both parties.
Philadelphia has two 1,000-yard wide receivers on the roster, and Howie Roseman avoided any hurt feelings by signing Smith to a similar deal that Brown signed. The All-Pro is still the highest-paid pass catcher on the roster, and he keeps his running mate around for the foreseeable future.
The $25 million per season will put Smith at No. 5 on the highest-paid list until Lamb and Ja’Marr Chase sign new deals. Only Tyreek Hill, DaVante Adams, and Cooper Kupp currently earn more per season.
In the rest of this article is contained a list of the highest paid WRs:
theeagleswire.usatoday.com/lists/philadelphia-eagles-sign-devonta-smith-analysis-details-ceedee-lamb-tee-higgins-jamarr-chase/
They have made things more difficult for Dallas (CeeDee Lamb) and Cincinnati (Tee Higgins) after signing DeVonta Smith to a three-year, $75 million contract extension.
Smith is signing a three-year deal with a $15 million fifth-year option that will keep the Heisman Trophy winner in Philadelphia through the 2028 NFL season.
With the contract official, and the offseason program underway, here’s an instant analysis of the move.
Philadelphia beat Cincinnati and Dallas to the contract table, ensuring that the Bengals and Cowboys will spend over $26 million at the minimum to retain their stars.
Cowboys WR CeeDee Lamb isn’t expected to attend the start of Dallas’ voluntary off-season program Monday while he awaits a new contract to replace the one scheduled to pay him a fully-guaranteed $17.199 million for his upcoming fifth-year option season.
Smith is getting $75 million total with $51 million guaranteed, per Ian Rapoport.
Philadelphia historically prefers to lock up its elite hometown draftees early, and it has been working on this contract since the fourth-year wide receiver became eligible this offseason.
At worst, it’s a two-year $51 million deal if Smith falls off a cliff, but a valuable deal for both parties.
Philadelphia has two 1,000-yard wide receivers on the roster, and Howie Roseman avoided any hurt feelings by signing Smith to a similar deal that Brown signed. The All-Pro is still the highest-paid pass catcher on the roster, and he keeps his running mate around for the foreseeable future.
The $25 million per season will put Smith at No. 5 on the highest-paid list until Lamb and Ja’Marr Chase sign new deals. Only Tyreek Hill, DaVante Adams, and Cooper Kupp currently earn more per season.
In the rest of this article is contained a list of the highest paid WRs:
theeagleswire.usatoday.com/lists/philadelphia-eagles-sign-devonta-smith-analysis-details-ceedee-lamb-tee-higgins-jamarr-chase/
