Congrats to Brees. First year $40 mil guaranteed. Happiest person in the world? Aaron Rodgers Source: ESPN, Chris Mortenson
40 mil guaranteed the 1st year...Holy Crap...Saints thinking next year is a tank year...might as well pay Drew as much as they can now...so they can afford getting players later on...interesting move... 40Mil this year...is crazy though
Thank goodness it finally happened. I'm quite pleased. They needed to pay him. He's the biggest thing in New Orleans besides an order of beignets (washed down with chicory of course). He's put up numbers that make PS3 look fictional. He's got a very good chance to finish out the five years on his contract with big numbers and live up to the price tag.
So according to albert breer from NFL Network, this is how the deal is structured over the 5 years: Link: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000...rees-contract-what-the-new-orleans-saints-owe Here's the year-by-year breakdown: 2012 $37 million signing bonus $3 million base CAP HIT: $10.4M ($3M + $7.4M bonus proration) 2013 $10 million total CAP HIT: $17.4M ($10M + $7.4M bonus proration) 2014 $11 million total CAP HIT: $18.4M ($11M + $7.4M bonus proration) 2015 $19 million total CAP HIT: $26.4M ($11M + $7.4M bonus proration) 2016 $20 million total CAP HIT: $27.4M ($11M + $7.4M bonus proration)
