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Posted by mickshot at 2/27/2009 4:34 PM CST on truebluefanclub.com
Bet Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and vice president-son Stephen Jones woke up with a headache on Friday that only worsened when the numbers from Albert Haynesworth’s free-agency deal signed with the Commanders early in the morning that made him the highest paid defensive player in the NFL came floating in.
After all, that’s what DeMarcus Ware was going to become, right, once the Cowboys signed him to an extension with one year left on his contract. But bet the Joneses never thought they would have to get to these kinds of numbers to do so for the NFL's 2008 sack leader.
Haynes, a seven-year veteran and former first-round pick in 2002, signed a seven-year, $100 million deal, which averages out to $14.86 million a year…almost $4 million more than the Tennessee Titans were offering to re-sign him ($11 million a year). But it’s not just that. Whatever attainable incentives in the contract can actually add another $15 million to the overall deal, and get this, he will be paid $32 million of the $100 million in the first 13 months of the contract.
Not sure how much the Cowboys were thinking for Ware, but guessing it was something just more than Jared Allen’s deal he signed with Minnesota last year, six years, $74 million. The Cowboys were probably counting on something, with a large bonus, averaging in the $12-$13 million range.
But now, who knows what that number might push to, although, remember, Ware still has a year to go on his contract, meaning he would be getting his money a year sooner than actually required, which has got to be worth something.
We’ll see.
Mickey Spagnola
Bet Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and vice president-son Stephen Jones woke up with a headache on Friday that only worsened when the numbers from Albert Haynesworth’s free-agency deal signed with the Commanders early in the morning that made him the highest paid defensive player in the NFL came floating in.
After all, that’s what DeMarcus Ware was going to become, right, once the Cowboys signed him to an extension with one year left on his contract. But bet the Joneses never thought they would have to get to these kinds of numbers to do so for the NFL's 2008 sack leader.
Haynes, a seven-year veteran and former first-round pick in 2002, signed a seven-year, $100 million deal, which averages out to $14.86 million a year…almost $4 million more than the Tennessee Titans were offering to re-sign him ($11 million a year). But it’s not just that. Whatever attainable incentives in the contract can actually add another $15 million to the overall deal, and get this, he will be paid $32 million of the $100 million in the first 13 months of the contract.
Not sure how much the Cowboys were thinking for Ware, but guessing it was something just more than Jared Allen’s deal he signed with Minnesota last year, six years, $74 million. The Cowboys were probably counting on something, with a large bonus, averaging in the $12-$13 million range.
But now, who knows what that number might push to, although, remember, Ware still has a year to go on his contract, meaning he would be getting his money a year sooner than actually required, which has got to be worth something.
We’ll see.
Mickey Spagnola
