After signing a three-year contract worth a total of $1.324 million Thursday, Baltimore Ravens rookie tight end Davon Drew celebrated in a low-key manner by going to the barber shop for a haircut. The fifth-round draft pick from East Carolina became the first of the Ravens' six draft picks to agree to terms, receiving a $139,250 signing bonus. "When you get it done early, you have more time to focus on football and that's what I was trying to do by just getting it out of the way," Drew said in a telephone interview. "I wasn't looking at the negotiations like they were going to be extreme. I'm a fifth-round pick. I just wanted the signing bonus to be correct. It wasn't too much of an issue. It's good to get it done." Drew received minimum base salaries of $310,000 this season, $395,000 in 2010 and $480,000 in 2011, according to NFL Players Association figures. Source: Carroll County Times
The way our TEs have been going down this offseason its good to add a little depth - and if they all come to roost at the start of the season this could be a real strength for us especially if we have enough to start specializing them for blocking & receiving.
