Titans | Thornton agrees to terms

[Woods]

Titans | Thornton agrees to terms
Mon, 13 Mar 2006 08:37:17 -0800

ESPN.com's Len Pasquarelli reports the Tennessee Titans have reached a contract agreement with free-agent LB David Thornton (Colts). He will sign a five-year deal that averages about $4.5 million per year; the deal also includes $8 million in bonuses.

With respect to Akin A., I'd figure that would be the max he would get in the market. More likely, I'd guess JJ/BP would be offereing around $3-3.5mm/year?

What do you think?

[TheHustler]

Wow. That's more than I thought Thornton would get.

[AbeBeta]

ouch. that's too much. The 3.5 per year is fine for Akin but the real issue is how much is guaranteed. The teams goal would be to have the final 2 years of the deal with large salaries -- the salaries would be justified if Akin did well but would offset any cap charges if he didn't and we wanted to cut him.

My guess is this -- 5 years 18-20 million - with a 7 million SB. Too much but slightly backloaded.

[Ken]

Yeah really.

If he got that, AA is going to ge even more.