Clay has a new deal-5 years, $66 million

crkone · Post #1 » by **crkone** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 6:44 pm

Ian Rapoport ‏@RapSheet 5m
#Packers & LB Clay Matthews have reached an agreement in principle on a long-term extension, per sources. He is expected to sign it today.

New thread worthy?

Jay Glazer ‏@JayGlazer 3m
New 5 year extension for @ClayMatthews52 for a bit north of $13 million per. Nice

emunney · Post #2 » by **emunney** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 6:46 pm

Best player signed so far this offseason.

emunney · Post #3 » by **emunney** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 6:46 pm

Post #4 » by **ReasonablySober** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 6:48 pm

Awesome.

Post #5 » by **ReasonablySober** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 6:57 pm

5 year extension, a bit north of $13 million per. Haven't seen real money yet.

Newz · Post #6 » by **Newz** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 6:58 pm

Top 10 defensive player locked in for his whole prime. Boom.

mlloyd10 · Post #7 » by **mlloyd10** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 6:59 pm

Very similar to Freeney's contract he signed in 2007

BigDee · Post #8 » by **BigDee** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:02 pm

Very nice!

PkrsBcksGphsMqt · Post #9 » by **PkrsBcksGphsMqt** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:03 pm

Fire Ted!!!!1!!11!!

Seriously though, good to hear. On to the next one, Rodgers. Then Shields and Raji.

crkone · Post #10 » by **crkone** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:10 pm

According to a source, the five-year deal makes Matthews the highest-paid linebacker in the NFL.

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/203446601.html

Turk Nowitzki · Post #11 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:10 pm

emunney · Post #12 » by **emunney** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:11 pm

Phew dat's a lotta shampoo.

crkone · Post #13 » by **crkone** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:11 pm

Source said that @ClayMatthews52 has a yearly average salary of $13.2 million, which puts him slightly over DeMarcus Ware's $13M average.

@TomSilverstein Deal for #Packers' Matthews is five years, $66 million. The franchise tag for linebackers this year was $9.619 million.

Post #14 » by **humanrefutation** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:19 pm

They must've read my last post in the other thread. 8-)

James1980 · Post #15 » by **James1980** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:48 pm

Good Signing!

emunney · Post #16 » by **emunney** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:51 pm

Randall Liu ‏@RLiuNFL 14m
#Packers Clay Matthews has 42.5 sacks & 2 INT-TDs in 4 @nfl seasons. In that time, no other player has 20+ sacks & 2+ INT-TDs

Ayt · Post #17 » by **Ayt** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:59 pm

I like that it is an extension instead of a new contract.

Post #18 » by **ReasonablySober** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 8:02 pm

About $31 guaranteed according to Shefter.

Post #19 » by **ReasonablySober** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 8:10 pm

Holy front load:

In the next calendar year, Clay Matthews will make more than $28M thanks to his new extension, I'm told. It's $66M over 5 years ext

crkone · Post #20 » by **crkone** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 8:11 pm

TT Cronies strike again! Good job Russ Ball.