Dwight Freeney- 30 million dollar signing bonus?

[AndyLeeMVP]

NFL Network's Adam Shefter reports that Dwight Freeney is looking for a $30 million signing bonus and $9 million a year in salary.

That's only $3 million less than Peyton Manning got as a signing bonus. As ridiculous as the request is, Freeney might have an outside shot for it on the open market. It's not going to happen with the Colts though.

http://rotoworld.com/content/playernews.aspx?sport=NFL&filter_teams=IND

[Underrated49ers]

Not even close to worth it. Glad we won't be picking it up.

[majesstik1]

He's got the ring, might as well chase the dollars now.

That type of contract will be a detriment to a 'team'.

[sf49orr]

At his position there's no way. Peyton's contract was outrageous but it didn't destroy the team. They even let Edge walk and were still able to win it all. With Peyton's contract there's no way they can give him that kind of money. That's why he got the franchise tag. They'll probably give it to him next year too and then let him walk after that. I know he's one of the best pass rushers but he didn't look like it this year.

[IowaNinersFan]

Even the Skins won't fork out that kind of dough (or would they?).

[sf49orr]

Snyder would fork out the dough and then Freeney would never go to another Pro Bowl.

[Variety]

haha thats like 30% of every teams salary cap :zzz:

[SBbound49ers]

5.5 sacks

[BrentJones84]

At his position there's no way. Peyton's contract was outrageous but it didn't destroy the team. They even let Edge walk and were still able to win it all. With Peyton's contract there's no way they can give him that kind of money. That's why he got the franchise tag. They'll probably give it to him next year too and then let him walk after that. I know he's one of the best pass rushers but he didn't look like it this year.

True. No team could absorb Peytons contract twice over.

That's just an insane amount of money.

[BrentJones84]

NFL Network's Adam Shefter reports that Dwight Freeney is looking for a $30 million signing bonus and $9 million a year in salary.
:yikes:

:nonono:

[Fez]

:yikes:

:nonono:

There's only 1 man worthy of that money and that's CALVIN JOHNSON!

[BrentJones84]

Whether or not I feel he's worth $30mil for a signing bonus is beside the point.

I'm more concerned with the need to have that kind of signing bonus and it comes to me as more of greed than anything else. He'd be set for life, unless he develops a major drug problem and goes Evander Holified with the amount of kids he has, with half that signing bonus and still getting around $7-8M a year.

I agree.

I mean, once you have more money than you could ever spend, what's the point of insisting on having an extra $5 to $10 million more?

And the whole concept that one player is worth that much more than what the average team member is making. It's a team sport, not individual race.

Although, it's not just Freeney, the Colts, or even the NFL. Basketball, and baseball players too. And it's sick that some baseball players make more than NFL players, even though their bodies take a fraction of the abuse.

[Fez]

Well him or Reggie Bush :tung:

The one and only Calvin Johnson!

[Fez]

I think THE Reggie Bush is just as important as THE Calvin Johnson, In fact I think SF should trade all their draft picks for THE Calvin then trade Half it's roster and a Stadium to be named later for The Bush. SB XLII and XLII would be a lock for sure.

Are you fkn kidding me? You'd be paying 0.0003 cents on the dollar for him! It's Calvin Johnson!!!!!!!!! That's not gonna work!

[Fez]

Fine I'd trade all the draft picks and a Jerry Rice HOF bust to be made later for THE Calvin. I'd also trade the rights to one of Montana's MVP seasons as a clincher.

Only one?

[Fez]

Maybe we should add the Steve Young most accurate Passer title to?

Maybe allow the Raiders to be known as Jr 49ers or the SF 49er development squad That way they can have a classier history. You think they'd go for that?

Good, now you're paying .10 on the dollar...

CALVIN JOHNSON! OMG!

[Morgan Liu]

I'd pay him that.

Wait, hear me out.

First of all, the demands are misleading. The key for Freeney is the signing bonus, obviously, and I don't doubt he wants thirty and somewhat realistically expects thirty. The nine per is fairly irrelevant and contracts can be made to average a certain number per without that being a real number.

Freeney is 26, and I would expect five to six years of prime production. If you give him a seven year deal the bonus prorates to a cap hit of 4.3 per. Add an escalating salary and you could have a structure that looks something like 4.9, 5.4, 5.9, 6.5, 7.8, 9.5, 13.6. That's a conservative estimate.

He would probably be cut or restructure at year 6 or 7. Worst case scenario is he's cut, and the last year or two accelerates onto the cap, 4.3 or 8.6. But by that time, the CBA will have been renegotiated and you can make a sound gamble that revenues will be up. Those hits won't be so bad when they roll around.

Of course he doesn't fit the 49ers scheme, but I don't think it would be unreasonable for a team starting their Superbowl window to sign him to a thirty mil bonus.

[BrentJones84]

Yeah I thought it was ridiculous that A-rod's contract was worth more than NFL team Salary caps.

Agreed.

And just stupid.

[TheWiz]

I'd pay him that.

Wait, hear me out.

First of all, the demands are misleading. The key for Freeney is the signing bonus, obviously, and I don't doubt he wants thirty and somewhat realistically expects thirty. The nine per is fairly irrelevant and contracts can be made to average a certain number per without that being a real number.

Freeney is 26, and I would expect five to six years of prime production. If you give him a seven year deal the bonus prorates to a cap hit of 4.3 per. Add an escalating salary and you could have a structure that looks something like 4.9, 5.4, 5.9, 6.5, 7.8, 9.5, 13.6. That's a conservative estimate.

He would probably be cut or restructure at year 6 or 7. Worst case scenario is he's cut, and the last year or two accelerates onto the cap, 4.3 or 8.6. But by that time, the CBA will have been renegotiated and you can make a sound gamble that revenues will be up. Those hits won't be so bad when they roll around.

Of course he doesn't fit the 49ers scheme, but I don't think it would be unreasonable for a team starting their Superbowl window to sign him to a thirty mil bonus.

One problem with that assessment. You can't prorate any bonus more than 6 seasons anymore. At best that 30M bonus, if it was all a signing bonus, would involve a 5M cap charge for 6 seasons.

However, I still think he doesn't get that much up front. That's an opening estimate people. You don't buy a car for the first price a salesman gives you and you sure as heck never accept an agents first offer. Even if it's what you wanted it means you can still bargain him lower and get a better deal.