DavidSeven
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hawknation2015":2quiehfj said:Much as Chancellor and his agent Alvin Keels — the same agent who in 2013 negotiated the four-year extension for Chancellor that is now only 25-percent complete — privately are making the case he should be paid in line with the $9 million-plus Byrd, McCourty and Thomas are getting, the fact is Chancellor still has the best deal of any NFL strong safety. The Miami Dolphins' Reshad Jones is technically the highest-paid strong safety on a per-year basis by a margin of $2,500 over Chancellor, though Chancellor's contract edged Jones' deal in the key metrics of guaranteed money ($17 million for Chancellor to $15 million for Jones) and two-year payout ($16.1 million for Chancellor, $13.7 million for Jones).
http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/seat ... off-090915
I think that article is correct, HB2015. He was to be paid over $16M in cash to cover the first two years of his extension (2014, 2015). Some of it was obviously paid earlier in 2013. Still, that is an average of essentially $8M/Year in new money through this season. Not bad at all. At the time, it was a pretty huge contract for an unproven strong safety. A year earlier (2011), Donte Whitner had signed a 3-year/$12M contract with the 49ers. Most had assumed Seattle would use those figures to extend Chancellor for something closer to 4-years/$16-20M. When he ended up getting 4-years/$28M, that definitely wasn't considered "team-friendly" by any stretch at the time.