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BEARS GOT A GREAT DEAL ON DARWIN
A league source tells us that the new contract signed by Bears defensive tackle Darwin Walker is, in essence, a one-year deal with a team option on four more.
Walker will make a base salary of $1.9 million in 2007, a $600,000 increase over what he was due to earn in his prior contract.
In March, a $5 million option bonus comes due. The only way that the Bears can avoid it is to cut him before then.
Years two through four average roughly $3.5 million per year, with the option bonus included in that number. The fifth year, per the source, is a sham -- which means that it likely carries an unrealistically high salary.
So, for the Bears, they get a one-year test drive with Walker. If they like what they see, they pay the $5 million and pick up the balance of a pretty reasonable deal, especially in a market that has made guys we'd never heard of into multi-millionaires. If the Bears don't like Walker, they walk away.
It also has been reported that the fifth-round deal that the Bears gave to Buffalo for Walker can upgrade to a fourth-rounder based on the number of snaps that Walker takes this year.
Apparently Dildo Darwin, which he will now be referred to really never wanted to be here in Buffalo. He's only making $600K more. The positive thing is that we'll probably get that 5th rounder upgraded to a 4th since he's filling in for Tank.
BEARS GOT A GREAT DEAL ON DARWIN
A league source tells us that the new contract signed by Bears defensive tackle Darwin Walker is, in essence, a one-year deal with a team option on four more.
Walker will make a base salary of $1.9 million in 2007, a $600,000 increase over what he was due to earn in his prior contract.
In March, a $5 million option bonus comes due. The only way that the Bears can avoid it is to cut him before then.
Years two through four average roughly $3.5 million per year, with the option bonus included in that number. The fifth year, per the source, is a sham -- which means that it likely carries an unrealistically high salary.
So, for the Bears, they get a one-year test drive with Walker. If they like what they see, they pay the $5 million and pick up the balance of a pretty reasonable deal, especially in a market that has made guys we'd never heard of into multi-millionaires. If the Bears don't like Walker, they walk away.
It also has been reported that the fifth-round deal that the Bears gave to Buffalo for Walker can upgrade to a fourth-rounder based on the number of snaps that Walker takes this year.
Apparently Dildo Darwin, which he will now be referred to really never wanted to be here in Buffalo. He's only making $600K more. The positive thing is that we'll probably get that 5th rounder upgraded to a 4th since he's filling in for Tank.
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