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Didn't Mayes just have a suspension announced?
Probably why the Bengals signed him. Fits right in.
 

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This is what happens when you don't have proper representation. Stupid.
 

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This is what happens when you don't have proper representation. Stupid.
I thought they reported guaranteed money yesterday?
 

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I thought they reported guaranteed money yesterday?
I thought they had, too. But, if this is true, it's a perfect example of why players shouldn't represent themselves.
 

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The Russell Okung deal details

Posted by Mike Florio on March 18, 2016, 2:38 PM EDT

Russell Okung the agent did a great job of persuading reporters that he did a great deal for Russell Okung the client. Based on the true details, however, Russell Okung the client may at some point have a few pointed questions for Russell Okung the agent.

PFT has obtained the official details of the five-year-not-five-year, $53-million-not-$53-million contract Okung signed Thursday with the Broncos. As previously reported, it’s a one-year, $5 million deal with an option on the rest of the contract.

But it’s not even a $5 million deal for one year. He has a $1 million workout bonus, a $2 million base salary, and a $2 million roster bonus tied to being on the 53-man roster for any one game. So, basically, the Broncos are giving Okung $1 million to participate in the offseason program, with an option before Week One to pay him another $4 million to actually play for them in 2016.

Not a single penny of the deal is guaranteed at signing.

The Broncos have until the first day of the 2017 league year to exercise the option for 2017. If they do, Okung gets a $1 million option bonus, an $8 million roster bonus, a $2 million guaranteed base salary, and up to $1.5 million in per-game roster bonuses for 2017. His base salary of $9.5 million for 2018 also would become fully guaranteed if the option is exercised, making it a $19.5 million decision for the Broncos after the 2016 season.

If Okung even makes it to the start of the 2016 season. If he does, he needs to perform well enough to persuade the Broncos to pay him $19.5 million guaranteed over two years.

The contract has $1.5 million in per-game roster bonuses from 2018 through 2020, and base salaries of $8.5 million in 2019 and $9 million in 2020.

Still, months before the Broncos have to make a $19.5 million decision on Okung, they have a $4 million decision to make — which could make him a free agent again in late August, with $1 million for his trouble.

There’s also a possibility that Okung could be traded, since the deal doesn’t have the same no-trade clause that the Broncos gave Peyton Manning a year ago.

To summarize, Okung has obtained the ability to earn $1 million to participate in the team’s offseason program, with no guarantee he’ll even be on the opening-day roster in 2016 — and no guarantee he’ll earn anything more than the $1 million bonus for participating in the team’s offseason program.

It’s unclear how Russell Okung the agent persuaded Russell Okung the client to accept these terms, but at least Russell Okung the agent earned his fee.

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Just dumb.
 

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I guess if he hurts himself during the offseason program or just doesn't show up he would be screwed. But that's about it. I mean the Broncos aren't going to cut him before then.
 

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I guess if he hurts himself during the offseason program or just doesn't show up he would be screwed. But that's about it. I mean the Broncos aren't going to cut him before then.
It's a stupid contract structure. One that a legit agent would have never ever signed off on.
 

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I don't even get the point of structuring it that way.
It sounds like Okung is arrogant enough to think they will pick up the 4 year option after this year. All it takes is one wrong step and he gets jack nor shit out of that contract.
 

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Eagles sign Rueben Randle to one-year deal

Posted by Josh Alper on March 23, 2016, 5:21 PM EDT

Before they hired Doug Pederson as their new head coach, the Eagles spoke to former Giants coach Tom Coughlin about taking the job.

They went in a different direction, obviously, but there will be at least one piece of recent Giants teams on the Eagles in 2016. The team announced Wednesday that they have signed wide receiver Rueben Randle to a one-year contract. Mike Garafolo of FOX Sports reports Randle will make $1.025 million with incentives that could push the total value above $3 million.

Randle, who ranked at No. 113 on PFT’s list of this year’s top free agents, was a second-round pick in 2012 and frequently showed flashes of the talent that led to that draft position. Those flashes have been mixed in among miscommunications with Eli Manning and other mental lapses, however, and Randle never took hold of the opportunities provided by Victor Cruz’s absence over the last two years.

He’ll join Jordan Matthews, Nelson Agholor, Josh Huff and Chris Givens in the mix for playing time at receiver in Philadelphia and will have plenty of incentive to put forth a more consistent effort while playing on a one-year deal.
 

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Sneaky classically decent signing.
 

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They have reportedly been torn between Tunsil and Ramsey. Wonder if this tilts it to Tunsil.
 

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