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TOP ROOKIE PAY CONTINUES TO RISE
Published 30 days ago by Michael David Smith at ProFootballTalk.com
Although NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has called the huge contracts that go to high draft picks “ridiculous,” those contracts have grown even bigger this year. Peter King of SI.com reports that the Rams gave No. 2 overall pick Chris Long 16 percent more money than last year’s second overall pick, Calvin Johnson, got from the Lions. King writes that Long’s guarantees total around $29 million. This year’s No. 3 overall pick, Matt Ryan, also got significantly more money than last year’s No. 3 overall pick, Joe Thomas. The Dolphins did get first overall pick Jake Long to sign ...

Pennies from heaven
Published 30 days ago by VanRam at Turf Show Times: Front Page Posts
... According to Peter King of Sports Illustrated, The Rams and #2 overall draft pick Chris Long agreed to a deal worth "a couple million" less than first overall pick OT Jake Long. That puts Chris Long's contract in the $29 million guaranteed range for the five nonvoidable years on the deal. ...

Is Mary Beth King Being Phased Out Of Monday Morning Quarterback? [Peter King]
Published 30 days ago by DAULERIO at Deadspin
... out press releases or involved in promotional events directly related to the Seahawks organization, it's a bit slippery, especially given that Mary Beth is central figure in many of King's columns. Granted, King will be smart enough not to slyly sneak in a little blurb about Lofa Totupu's Adopt-A-Kitten drive or whatever, but, in some ways, it'd probably be best to keep Mary Beth's daily activities out of MMQB until after she's completed her internship. Peter King: MMQB [SI] ...

We’re Not So Different, You and I
Published 30 days ago by Caveman Captain at Kissing Suzy Kolber
... Hiya. Just wanted to say that we at KSK heard about your new internship via your Dad’s column. In case you’ve stopped reading it — don’t worry, most of us have — here’s what he said: ...

A question
Published 29 days ago by Adam J. Morris at Lone Star Ball: Front Page Posts
From Peter King's column today: 7. I think in the interest of full disclosure, I want to report that my daughter, Mary Beth King, has taken a PR internship with the Seattle Seahawks for the season. It's going to sound hollow to say I had nothing to do with it, but I didn't. She applied without telling me. New family rule: Mary Beth does not share conversations with Matt Hasselbeck or Mike Holmgren with her father. Am I an inherently bad person if my first reaction to reading this was to go over to the "email Peter ...