The Jahri Evans deal in detail
 

On guard: the Evans deal | National Football Post

For those of you who care about the business of football. This is a great article.

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Nice find. Really underscores the need to get his deal done sooner than later as Guard contracts will soar beyond 2010.

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It's just a very smart move by the Saints. If you have the cash to pay out to Evans then this is the year to front load a contract like this. If the salary cap does return next year, the Saints will be in excellent shape. I hope they work out the same type of deal with Thomas and Brees. Not sure they will have the cash to payout Brees like this, however.

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Locking Evans up in this manner is in a way extending Brees' career, right?

(yeah, there's no way that'll fly w #9) lol

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Loomis is the man. He knows how to write contracts that will make everybody happy. That win has certainly opened Benson's wallet and he's throwing just the right amount of cash to keep his core of players together. We are in the process of putting almost an identical team on the field as last year. We are changing the guard at a couple of positions but I don't anticipate any loss of production. In fact we are upgrading. I can't wait to see the devastation that we leave in our path.:p

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santa claus came to town. if drew and p.t. are good they will be more rich and about to rich.

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Thats good stuff right there

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Here are the numbers one last time broken out over the entire contract:

2010 - $7M base salary, $12M signing bonus, $200,000 workout bonus

2011 - $3M base salary, $200,000 workout bonus

2012 - $3M base salary, $200,000 workout bonus

2013 - $7.2M base salary, $200,000 workout bonus

2014 - $6.8M base salary, $500,000 roster bonus, $200,000 workout bonus

2015 - $6.8M base salary, $500,000 roster bonus, $200,000 workout bonus

2016 - $8M base salary, $500,000 roster bonus, $200,000 workout bonus

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Evans is so good and so young he will probably see every dime of this contract. Unreal.