Dolphins give Thomas extension

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Dolphins | Thomas gets Extension - posted at KFFL (http://nfl.kffl.com)
13:58 PT: The Miami Dolphins have announced the team has agreed to a contract extension with LB Zach Thomas on a five-year deal. Financial terms were undisclosed.

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what took so long?

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Zach Thomas signed a five-year, $33.75-million US contract extension with the Miami Dolphins on Friday.

The new contract includes a $10.5-million signing bonus and extends through the 2008 season. Thomas will receive $6 million of the signing bonus now and $4.5 million later, his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, said. Thomas was entering the last year of the five-year, $22.5-million contract he signed after the 1999 season. "Hopefully I can end my career here," Thomas said. "It's a long contract and I was definitely looking forward to staying here because I love it down here."

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