Shaun Rogers gives Lions assist with trade to Cleveland Browns

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Roethlisberger: 8 years, $102 million
Published 3/3/2008 by Doug Farrar at N/A
... 5 Comments 8 year, $102 million, $36 million in guarantees? I like Big Ben, but I’m not sure I like him to the tune of more guaranteed money than Peyton got a couple years ago. :: Ben — 3/3/2008 @ ...

ROGERS REFUSED TO MOVE ROSTER BONUS FOR CINCY TRADE
Published 3/3/2008 by Mike Florio at ProFootballTalk.com
Tom Kowalski of Mlive.com has more info on the collapse of the deal that would have sent former Lions defensive tackle Shaun Rogers to Cincinnati.  As it turns out, once the deal didn’t get finalized by 4:00 p.m. on Friday, the Bengals proposed refunding the Lions the $1 million roster bonus that the team was on the hook to pay as of midnight on Saturday. But the league told the teams that there was no language in the CBA that applied to this kind of a maneuver. Meanwhile, the problem could have been solved if Rogers had merely agreed to postpone the trigger on the ...

Afternoon news and notes: Work still sucks
Published 3/3/2008 by houroc at SportFiends
... his contract, sucks for him even now he’s ONLY making 500,000 a year, I wish I was ONLY making that much. [Bugs and Cranks] Jonathan Papelbon is in the same boat, he’s just tryin to get paid. [Projo] Ben Roethlisberger is the latest $100 QB in the NFL, does he really deserve that much gwop, I don’t know but they are payin him. [ESPN] It’s not the Bengals but the Browns who picked up Lions problem Child, Shaun Rogers. [Mlive] The Bengals sent some draft picks to the Jets to Dwayne ...