Chris Clemons, Philadelphia Eagle

[Rome]

fastballs!

Exact word I thought of when I heard about the signing.  Then I drank another 12 beers and I forgot about it until now.

Thanks, by the way.

[hbionic]

I don't understand the Eagles propensity for acquiring undersized defensive ends. 

This.

[ice grillin you]

anyone know what the guaranteed money on this deal is...i cant seem to find it anywhere


also can people please stop talking about the eagles running a 3-4 next year...what eagles tackle is going to play two gaps?...

that would be a disaster

[Feva]

Montae Reagor... two gaps, one eye.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Clemons got less than Travis LaBoy and also significantly less than Antwan Odom.

Should be interesting to see if he outplays either or both.

[ice grillin you]

he wont outplay odom but its not a fair comparison as one is a full time player and one isnt


the laboy comparison is more appropriate

[hunt]

dumping kearse & signing burgess' backup was a nice move.

[PhillyPhreak54]

anyone know what the guaranteed money on this deal is...i cant seem to find it anywhere


also can people please stop talking about the eagles running a 3-4 next year...what eagles tackle is going to play two gaps?...

that would be a disaster

Reuben Frank;

Asante Samuel's contract is worth just over $57 million over six years, includes $20.6 million in bonus money in the first two years, and is structured so Samuel's salary cap figure never goes over $10 million in the first five years of the deal.

The contract, a copy of which was obtained by the BCT this morning, has base salaries of $645,000 in 2008, $1.9 million in 2009, then $8.895 million, $5.9 million, $8.4 million and $10.4 million from 2010 through 2013.

The Eagles gave Samuel a $6 million signing bonus, which is spread out over six years, adding only $1 million in each year of the deal to his salary cap figure. They gave him another $14 million in the form of a roster bonus, with $7 million to be paid this year and $7 million next year. Roster bonuses count fully against a team's cap in the year that they're awarded. That's why Samuel has such low base salaries in 2008 and 2009 - to keep his cap number manageable.

There are also sizable workout bonuses, including a $500,000 workout bonus this year and $100,000 in workout bonuses in each of the next five seasons, 2009 through 2013, for a total of $1 million. Workout bonuses, like reporting bonuses, count against the salary cap only in the year they're written.

The other interesting component of the contract, written by Joe Banner and Howie Roseman of the Eagles and agent Alonzo Shavers representing Samuel, is a huge 2011 likely to be earned bonus of $2.335 million, which counts against his 2011 cap figure. Samuel also has escalator clauses that could raise the value of the final two base salaries, in 2012 and 2013.

Officially, the Samuel deal goes into the books as a six-year contract worth $57.14 million.

Samuel's cap figures look like this:

2008: $9,145,000
2009: $10,000,000
2010: $9,995,000
2011: $9,335,000
2012: $9,500,000
2013: $11,500,000

While we're at it, here are the numbers on the contract for Chris Clemons, the defensive end the Eagles signed from the Raiders:

Base salaries - $600,000 in 2008, $1 million in 2009, $1.2 million in 2010, $2.3 million in 2011, $3 million in 2012.

Clemons got a $4 million signing bonus prorated over the five-year life of the deal at $800,000 per year and workout bonuses each year of $100,000. With some LTBE bonuses in the last two years of the contract, here are Clemons' cap figures:

2008: $1,500,000
2009: $1,900,000
2010: $2,100,000
2011: $3,885,000
2012: $4,200,000

Although this is technically a five-year deal worth $17,585,000$13,585,000, it can also be viewed as a three-year, $7.1 million contract because the last two years are so bloated.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Those numbers are anything but bloated if Clemons shows he can ball.

[Eagaholic]

and it's not like they can just cut him before the last 2 years without at least a $1.8 million cap hit

[shorebird]

I don't know, I would have thought a bigger end would be more of a complement to Cole. This team is undersized at most every position on D-line. Clemons had an acl tear two years ago, and has not played a full season yet, although he's still young.

But what do you expect from this FO? Another pebble splash in the pond instead of a big rock.

[ice grillin you]

i have no problem with the smallish ends provided they have superior athletic ability....coles are good juqua thomas' are bad...this is why i have such a problem with their linebackers....none of them can make plays none of them can get to the qb because their athleticism is virtually non existent...hopefully clemons will go towards solving this problem....admittedly i havent seen him really play since he was on the skins but to me he has average at best player who just had a good contract year written all over him

as far as 'adding' a big end that will be abiamiri....i highly question whether the guy can play or not but they arent gonna sign a big end when in their minds they already have one

[SD_Eagle5]

Lito and a pick to KC for Jared Allen. Clemons shifts to LB. HollazZz!

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Lito and a pick to KC for Jared Allen. Clemons shifts to LB. HollazZz!

Who hacked SD's account?

[BigEd76]

Brookover has details of the contract

$4M signing bonus

2008 = $600K base + $100K workout bonus + $50K incentive for Pro Bowl
2009 = $1M base + $100K workout bonus + $50K incentive for Pro Bowl
2010 = $1.2M base + $100K workout bonus + $50K incentive for Pro Bowl
2011 = $2.3M base + $100K workout bonus + $50K incentive for Pro Bowl
2012 = $3M base + $100K workout bonus + $50K incentive for Pro Bowl