Posted on 11/15/2010 3:20:13 PM PST by mainepatsfan
Agent: $78M deal for Donovan McNabb
ESPN.com news services
The Washington Redskins and quarterback Donovan McNabb have agreed to a contract extension.
McNabb's agent, Fletcher Smith, told The Associated Press that the extension is worth $78 million over five years, with $40 million of the deal guaranteed. A source told ESPN NFL Insider Michael Smith, who first reported the agreement, that McNabb's contract could be worth $88 million if incentives in the contract are reached.
McNabb, who will turn 34 later this month, agreed to an extension just two weeks after he was benched at the end of a loss to the Lions because coach Mike Shanahan said the quarterback didn't have a grasp of the team's 2-minute offense.
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And you thought Jerry Jones was a bad owner.
He and Richie Rich seem to be in a war for that honor.
Wow, that’s $78 million down the drain.
Does the Redskins’ ownership understand the concept of the draft? Good teams build through the draft and pick a few key free agents to fill important roles. The ‘skins seem draft to fill their practice squad, then staff the rest of the team with castoffs, malcontents and no-talents.
Didn’t he just get benched?
“””McNabb, who will turn 34 later this month, agreed to an extension just two weeks after he was benched at the end of a loss to the Lions because coach Mike Shanahan said the quarterback didn’t have a grasp of the team’s 2-minute offense.””””
So he sucks, can’t beat the Lions yet he is worth another 80 mill??? How much would a GOOD qb be worth?
It’s stories like this that made me swear off professional sports years ago. Bunch of over paid crybabies.
More white guilt. This is nothing more than reparations for being benched a week or two ago.
That white guilt is something else!
I guess more power to him if he can get guaranteed 40 mil from stupid people.
Watch the Eagles beat them like a drum tonight...
Thank God for Bill Belichick, the greatest coach in the history of professional football (and the record to prove it). He would not put up with McNabb, he'd ship him to Minnesota or someplace for a third-round draft pick which he'll groom into a hall-of-famer.
Could have sworn he was more like 40.
FIFTEEN MILLION a year to play a friken ball game?
I would not pay even 15 bucks to go watch one.
God only knows how much more he gets from edorsments.
America has gone CRAZY I tell you, CRAZY.
Shaking my head.... What is the Owner thinking?
What the he... uhhh???
Coach won;’t last the year.
its like the Mariners....you can bring in all the players in the world but if its a bad organization its just a bad organization....
I’m not down on McNabb like the vast majority of Freepers seem to be, but do the Redskins actually think McNabb, with his injury history, is going to be playing when he’s 39?
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