Comparing The Deals: Jake Long vs Matt Ryan

Turf Show Times: Front Page Posts found this 5/22/2008 on www.thephinsider.com [flag]

Incase you missed it, the Falcons yesterday reached an agreement with the 3rd overall pick in the draft, Matt Ryan. And the deal is ridiculous. It's a 6 year, $72 million deal that includes $34.75 million in guaranteed money. Yes, that's right. Matt Ryan is getting $72 million from the Falcons as the #3 overall pick. And we wonder why the owners opted out of ... [link]

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Published 5/22/2008 by VanRam at Turf Show Times: Front Page Posts
... Deals with the Rams draft picks ought start coming this summer. The big one, Chris Long, will have a deal probably closer to what Jake Long received - 5 years, $57.75 million, $30 million in guarantees - than Ryan's deal. However, the decision to opt out of the CBA will change what those contracts look like. Long and Ryan were, as far as I can tell, the only rookies to sign deals before the owners opted out of the CBA, at least the only high profile draftees. Now, rookie deals can't last beyond 2011, when the current CBA lapses. ...

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