Eagles To Use Franchise Tag On WR DeSean Jackson In 2012?

86WARD · Sep 1, 2011

Part of the reason the eagles get cap credits...

bigsexyy81 · Sep 1, 2011

BigBlueBruiser said: ↑

I heard the deal for Vick is actually 5 years at $80M.......
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If you really wanted to dig in to the details, it's actually a lot less than that even...

Michael Vick contract: Why does the press overstate the value of NFL deals? - By Dashiell Bennett - Slate Magazine

Take off the phony year, and Vick's actually getting a five-year, $81 million deal. In practice, the contract is worth even less than that. Only $35.5 million is guaranteed, though Vick could earn close to $50 million in the first three years with performance bonuses. That's still impressive, but the inflation here is enormous: Vick has no real shot of earning more than one-half of the announced value of his big deal.
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