PhinHater Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Cardinals | Fitzgerald deal saves team cap space Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:44:30 -0700 John Clayton, of ESPN.com, reports the Arizona Cardinals will save $8.842 million in cap room after agreeing to terms on a four-year, $40 million contract with WR Larry Fitzgerald. Cardinals | Fitzgerald contract details Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:38:21 -0700 Updating previous items, John Clayton, of ESPN.com, reports Arizona Cardinals WR Larry Fitzgerald will receive a $15 million signing bonus as part of a new four-year, $40 million contract. His base salary will be $2 million, giving him a $17 million payout in 2008. Fitzgerald has a $5 million option bonus in 2009. Over the four years of the contract, Fitzgerald will receive $30 million in guarantees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bravejamriot Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 too late to matter for the offseason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rillo Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 too late to matter for the offseason Pretty much...but they can @ least pay their draft class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Dierking Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 And Eagle fans say booooooooo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterNorth09 Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Incredible that Javon Walker got $15 mil more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sperm Edwards Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Incredible that Javon Walker got $15 mil more. Yes and no. Walker got an $11M signing bonus on a deal that's two years shorter. He got $16M guaranteed; Fitzgerald got $30M guaranteed. The last 2 years of Walker's deal is $20M of it. He probably won't see (at least) that much of it. It's still insane. I wonder if agents say, "Well look at what _____ got from Oakland. They reset the bar." Only to have the teams' replies being, "That's Al Davis. It doesn't count. Your client can go rot in Oakland if that's what he wants." Fitzgerald's getting $10M/yr on this deal & barring something unusual happening with his career he'll see every dime of it. That's the biggest signing bonus ($15M) I've seen so far on such a short deal. He turns 25 at the end of August, meaning he'll be getting yet another contract when he's still 28 (at the latest). Fitz should be on his knees sucking his agent's **** for orchestrating his rookie deal the way he did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 yeah, the Cardinals were idiots for arranging the deal the way they did. Not sure who from the Cardinals negotiated with Fitzgerald's agent, but it was arranged so that if he met his incentives, he'd have the Cardinals over a barrel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterNorth09 Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Yes and no. Walker got an $11M signing bonus on a deal that's two years shorter. He got $16M guaranteed; Fitzgerald got $30M guaranteed. The last 2 years of Walker's deal is $20M of it. He probably won't see (at least) that much of it. It's still insane. I wonder if agents say, "Well look at what _____ got from Oakland. They reset the bar." Only to have the teams' replies being, "That's Al Davis. It doesn't count. Your client can go rot in Oakland if that's what he wants." Fitzgerald's getting $10M/yr on this deal & barring something unusual happening with his career he'll see every dime of it. That's the biggest signing bonus ($15M) I've seen so far on such a short deal. He turns 25 at the end of August, meaning he'll be getting yet another contract when he's still 28 (at the latest). Fitz should be on his knees sucking his agent's **** for orchestrating his rookie deal the way he did. Hopefully you're right about agents and GM's disregarding the insane things Al Davis does. He gave Gibril Wilson a ton of money and now we have Kerry Rhodes coming up as a free agent soon and he's much better than Wilson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi_Jet1121 Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 He proably has alot of haters in Arizona for the hole Fanaca fall out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterNorth09 Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 He proably has alot of haters in Arizona for the hole Fanaca fall out Why? Fitzright now is a much more valuable player than Faneca and the Cardinals can get a Guard like Branden Albert in the draft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi_Jet1121 Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Why? Fitzright now is a much more valuable player than Faneca and the Cardinals can get a Guard like Branden Albert in the draft. Have you seen Fanaca's games ? He has a ring, Fitz is a tall slow WR that takes avanges of the mismatches he has from Boldin the other side. Larry is good but he is overated in my eyes. Fanaca has made like 7 probowls you tell me who is more valueable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterNorth09 Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Have you seen Fanaca's games ? He has a ring, Fitz is a tall slow WR that takes avanges of the mismatches he has from Boldin the other side. Larry is good but he is overated in my eyes. Fanaca has made like 7 probowls you tell me who is more valueable Faneca is also 31 and Fitz is like 25. Fitz also played better last season. No disrespect to Faneca, I think the Jets made the right move buying him, but it's probably easier to get a good Guard right now than it is to get a receiver who consistently gets 1,000 yards a season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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