The team announced Friday that it has matched the five-year, $42 million offer sheet the Pro Bowl center signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars. The deal includes $18 million guaranteed over the first two years, with a player option after 2015, according to NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport. NFL.com
Well, while i think center is one of the more underrated positions on the field, that's a lot of money to tie up in that spot
i will if i can ask them for 100 bucks from you to take a class in how not to be such a dipcrap,deal?:cheers:
So,Clevelands reasoning for this was to keep a quality player to build around.Does this mean they will be taking one of the top OTs at pick #4 ?
Or better yet, they can loan him some money so build a time machine so he can teleport himself to Treblinka circa 1942
The match was a no brainer, they were already about to pay more than $10M for one year, and this deal is basically 2 for $18M with Mack able to void after that. It's not like this deal is all guaranteed, and the bonus is low, making it easy to move past in a few years if it goes badly. We have the money, it needs to be (mostly) spent, and it's not my cash being spent. If we need to work in a rookie QB this yr or next, it makes sense to have a great center doing it. Easy move here, not to mention that the cap will increase by $10M each of the next two years.