Vernon Davis signs extension -- 5 year for $37 million (1 Viewer)

[gianmarco]

(RotoWire) Davis signed a five-year, $37 million contract extension with the 49ers on Saturday, NFL.com's Jason La Canfora reports. The deal includes $23 million in guaranteed money.Analysis: The deal makes Davis the league's highest paid tight end ever, a nice reward for last season's 965-yard, 13-touchdown performance. He had one year remaining on his current deal, so his new contract keeps him under wraps through 2015.

Not bad for really only one year of work.

 

[todd2006]

(RotoWire) Davis signed a five-year, $37 million contract extension with the 49ers on Saturday, NFL.com's Jason La Canfora reports. The deal includes $23 million in guaranteed money.Analysis: The deal makes Davis the league's highest paid tight end ever, a nice reward for last season's 965-yard, 13-touchdown performance. He had one year remaining on his current deal, so his new contract keeps him under wraps through 2015.

Not bad for really only one year of work.

I'm not sure this decision was the best idea for the 49ers. Hefty sum.

 

[Multiple Scores]

Like this

 

[aesclepius]

He's going to feel like a piker when Finley signs for a billion over 10 years.

 

[Judge Smails]

Does that mean I should start him over Celek? Already starting Gates over him..

 

[Avery]

I'm not sure if this is the right thread for this and my apologies if this has been answered elsewhere, but how much can teams frontload these contracts to reduce the cap penalty assuming there is some sort of cap restituted in future years?

If I'm correct, the signing bonus is amortized equally over the life of the contract so the salary is the only this that can be cap variable. Is there is some sort of limit on salary increase/decrease percentage over the life of a contract?

 

[Raider Nation]

He's going to feel like a piker when Finley signs for a billion over 10 years.

Try a billion over THREE years, buddy!

 

[Winky the tunnel ferret]

He's going to feel like a piker when Finley signs for a billion over 10 years.

Try a billion over THREE years, buddy!

You mean three billion over one year?