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Terms Of Rosevelt Colvin's Contract Released
Thanks to John McClain's latest blog entry , we now know the terms of the three (3) year deal Rosevelt Colvin inked with your Houston Texans. And they are: In 2008, Colvin gets a base salary of $1 million, of which $500,000 is guaranteed. He also gets a roster bonus of $343,750. In 2009, Colvin gets a base salary of $3 million, of which $500,000 is guaranteed. He also gets a roster ...
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DGDB&D: a Texans blog. — ... Maximum Reward, Minimum Kwan. Via BRB, who still collectively possess the will to read John McClain, we get the terms of Rosevelt Colvin’s contract.  On a scale of 1-10, this deal ranks a solid 9.  Worst case scenario, Colvin makes the team, gets injured and placed on IR in week 1, and we cut him as a June 1 casualty next year–he only counts $250,000 against the cap in 2009 and 2010. Best case scenario, we have a bona fide third-down edge rusher and sometime LB who still isn’t costing us much of anything. ...

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