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Droughns signs extension through 2009
Tony Grossi
Cleveland Plain Dealer Reporter
As other teams cut players to comply with the NFL salary cap by the deadline of 6 o'clock Sunday evening, the Browns keep adding players and salary to their payroll. It's a good sign.
They accomplished one of their main offensive priorities Friday by locking up running back Reuben Droughns with a new contract through 2009.
Droughns, who had one year left on the contract the Browns inherited from the Denver Broncos, received an undisclosed signing bonus and his 2006 base salary was rewritten.
Total value of the contract over four years is $13.2 million, according to a source with knowledge of the deal. Droughns will average $4 million a year in the last three years beginning in 2007.
"We're pleased with the extension,'' said Drew Rosenhaus, Droughns' agent. "They didn't have to do anything. Reuben and the Browns are a great fit.''
Droughns, 27, rushed for 1,232 yards in his first season in Cleveland after being acquired for defensive linemen Ebenezer Ekuban and Mike Myers. The total, which ranked 10th on the Browns' all-time list, ended the franchise's 20-year drought without a 1,000-yard rusher.
Droughns also set a franchise record with 309 carries.
"It was the right and honorable thing to do to give Reuben a new contract,'' Browns GM Phil Savage said in a statement released by the club. "We are anxious to give him the opportunity to have a focused off-season where he can emerge as a leader on offense.''
Droughns' signing of a new deal came two days after the completion of a three-year contract for defensive end Orpheus Roye.
Savage isn't done yet. The team is close to signing offensive left tackle L.J. Shelton to a new contract.
Barring another change caused by NFL labor negotiations, Shelton is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent at 12:01 a.m. Monday. Savage is determined to re-sign Shelton because the tackle market in free agency is not good.
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Tony Grossi
Cleveland Plain Dealer Reporter
As other teams cut players to comply with the NFL salary cap by the deadline of 6 o'clock Sunday evening, the Browns keep adding players and salary to their payroll. It's a good sign.
They accomplished one of their main offensive priorities Friday by locking up running back Reuben Droughns with a new contract through 2009.
Droughns, who had one year left on the contract the Browns inherited from the Denver Broncos, received an undisclosed signing bonus and his 2006 base salary was rewritten.
Total value of the contract over four years is $13.2 million, according to a source with knowledge of the deal. Droughns will average $4 million a year in the last three years beginning in 2007.
"We're pleased with the extension,'' said Drew Rosenhaus, Droughns' agent. "They didn't have to do anything. Reuben and the Browns are a great fit.''
Droughns, 27, rushed for 1,232 yards in his first season in Cleveland after being acquired for defensive linemen Ebenezer Ekuban and Mike Myers. The total, which ranked 10th on the Browns' all-time list, ended the franchise's 20-year drought without a 1,000-yard rusher.
Droughns also set a franchise record with 309 carries.
"It was the right and honorable thing to do to give Reuben a new contract,'' Browns GM Phil Savage said in a statement released by the club. "We are anxious to give him the opportunity to have a focused off-season where he can emerge as a leader on offense.''
Droughns' signing of a new deal came two days after the completion of a three-year contract for defensive end Orpheus Roye.
Savage isn't done yet. The team is close to signing offensive left tackle L.J. Shelton to a new contract.
Barring another change caused by NFL labor negotiations, Shelton is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent at 12:01 a.m. Monday. Savage is determined to re-sign Shelton because the tackle market in free agency is not good.
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