Bledsoes reported contract numbers

[Tatonka]

6yrs-24 Million plus incentives
7 million signing bonus.

no link yet. heard this on the radio just a minute ago.. this is what they are reporting.

oh my god. he dupped them again..

no way he is a cowboy for more than 2 years.. so they are gonna take a big fat cap hit in year 3. probably vet min for a couple years.. and backloaded like hell.. but basically he dupped another team out of about 10 million. oh my god.. that is all i can say.

he should have gone to washington.. he could have gotten another 100 million dollar deal.

[R. Rich]

Bledsoe's put out contracts on all of us???

[Ickybaluky]

6yrs-24 Million plus incentives
7 million signing bonus.

no link yet. heard this on the radio just a minute ago.. this is what they are reporting.

oh my god. he dupped them again..

no way he is a cowboy for more than 2 years.. so they are gonna take a big fat cap hit in year 3. probably vet min for a couple years.. and backloaded like hell.. but basically he dupped another team out of about 10 million. oh my god.. that is all i can say.

he should have gone to washington.. he could have gotten another 100 million dollar deal.

The dollar value sounds about right, but I guarantee you that bonus is split into tiers. I bet he gets about $2M to $2.5M up front in SB, with the remainder being tied to an option for next season. He basically will have a year to play and prove he is worth the option. The Cowboys were one of the first teams to do a multi-tiered bonus structure, and I'd be shocked if it isn't structured that way.

My guess is Bledsoe's cap number for this year is less than $2M, due to the structure of the deal.

[Tatonka]

at least they didnt pay him brunells 7 year, 35 million, 8.5 sb.. they cant even cut him now.

[Dozerdog]

Just like his $100 million deal, you have to look at it each season. You know that after 2006 many deals will get re-done when the new cap is negotiated with the NFLPA.

What's his number for this season? Next? Most of these "vanity" contracts never are fully met.

[Earthquake Enyart]

Regardless of the set up, Bledsoe's agent is the Scott Boras of football.

The Cowboys were bidding against themselves.

[Stewie]

They have to give him a high total-dollar deal.

Imagine what would happen if they signed a backup to a deal similar to Bledsoe's. Immediate QB controversy.

[trapezeus]

now i don't feel like i spent too much on dinner the other day. $24MM for nothing. At least i got fed.

[Novacane]

If they gave him 7 mill up front they are fools. Bledsoes gotta be laughing his ass off. It'll be fun watching them crash and burn next year!

[Kerr]

C'mon this is Jerry Jones we're talking about.

[Iehoshua]

Cowboys = raped

[TheBrownBear]

Hey, that's a good price for a heck of a "classy" guy.

[Michael82]

[The_Philster]

That's ridiculous. Like Dozer speculated, the contract is probably backloaded but $7M as a signing bonus?

[Canadian'eh!]

Regardless of the set up, Bledsoe's agent is the Scott Boras of football.

The Cowboys were bidding against themselves.

David Dunn i think