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06/25/2009 - Kansas City, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Kansas City Chiefs signed safety Mike Brown on Thursday.
The 5-foot-10 Brown spent the previous nine seasons with Chicago after the Bears took him 39th overall in the 2000 draft. He has recorded 629 tackles and 17 interceptions, four of which were returned for touchdowns, in 100 regular- season games.
The Nebraska product earned a trip to the Pro Bowl following the 2005 campaign.
<< U.S. picks 15 MLS players for Gold Cup
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Freddy Adu, who has yet to appear in the FIFA
Confederations Cup, headlines the United States' Gold Cup roster, which was
released by coach Bob Bradley on Thursday.
The United States advanced to the fina
<< Adu headlines U.S. roster for Gold Cup
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Freddy Adu, who has yet to appear in the FIFA
Confederations Cup, headlines the United States' Gold Cup roster, which was
released by coach Bob Bradley on Thursday.
The United States advanced to the fina
<< AC Milan turns down 'monster offer' for Pato
Milan, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - AC Milan has confirmed it turned down a
"monster offer" from an English club for rising star Alexandre Pato.
The 19-year-old Brazilian forward has been heavily linked with Chelsea in
recent time
<< Hewitt ousts del Potro; Roddick rolls at Wimbledon
Wimbledon, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Former champion Lleyton Hewitt rolled
back the clock with a big second-round upset against fifth-seeded Argentine
Juan Martin del Potro at Wimbledon, while two-time runner-up Andy Roddick
joined his fell
Cavs land Shaq in trade with Suns >>
Cleveland, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Cleveland Cavaliers have bolstered their
frontcourt by acquiring 15-time All-Star Shaquille O'Neal from Phoenix in
exchange for center Ben Wallace, guard Sasha Pavlovic, Cleveland's second-
round p
Report: Knicks buy 29th pick from Lakers >>
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New York Knicks have reportedly purchased
the 29th overall pick in the 2009 NBA Draft from the Los Angeles Lakers.
According to several reports, the Knicks acquired the selection for $3
million,
Arsenal's Fabregas blasts exit reports >>
London, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas has pledged
his future to the Gunners after press reports suggested that he was growing
tired of his club's failure to win silverware.
The 22-year-old, who has been w
Goosen two clear in Germany >>
Munich, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Retief Goosen fired an eight-under 64 in
sloppy conditions Thursday to grab a two-stroke lead after the first round of
the BMW International Open.
Goosen, a two-time U.S. Open champion, is coming of
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In the wake of the news that the 49ers have signed receiver Michael Crabtree after an extended holdout, there has been not a hint of the dollars to be paid to Crabtree.
And since this means that his agent hasn't leaked the numbers, it means that his agent feels no specific motivation to do so.
Possibly because his agent isn't all that thrilled to have his name on the deal.
So the numbers will come from sources other than Crabtree's agent. And we've gotten our mitts into them.
Per a league source, Crabtree has signed a six-year, $32 million contract. (The total includes guaranteed money, base salaries, and the one-time incentive based on achieving minimum playing time.)
The deal also includes $17 million in guaranteed money.
As reported elsewhere, the deal can void to five years based on performance triggers, wiping out a final year base salary of $4 million. But they won't be easily reached.
The source tells us that, in his first four seasons (including 2009), Crabtree must either qualify for two Pro Bowls, or he must qualify for one Pro Bowl in one year and he must participate in 80 percent of the offensive snaps in a separate year in which the team makes the playoffs.
In other words, if in 2010 he qualifies for the Pro Bowl and the team makes the playoffs and he participates in 80 percent of the snaps, he'll still need to make it to the Pro Bowl or achieve the 80-percent/playoffs in another season.
Since the chances of Crabtree making the Pro Bowl or participating in 80 percent of the offensive snaps this year is roughly zero percent, he'll have three years to get it done.
And it won't be easy. Frankly, he'll be hard pressed to make it to one Pro Bowl in three years with the likes of Larry Fitzgerald, Calvin Johnson, Anquan Boldin, Steve Smith, the other Steve Smith, Hakeem Nicks, DeSean Jackson, Johnny Knox, Percy Harvin, Greg Jennings, Roddy White, T.J. Houshmandzadeh in the same conference for sportsbook betting.
So, by all appearances, it's a six-year deal. And at $17 million in guaranteed money, the per-year guarantee is a tepid $2.83 million per year.
There's another problem with the deal -- it has no mid-tier incentive package. Instead, the additional $8 million that Crabtree can earn (pushing the max value to six years, $40 million) requires the kind of unrealistic, mega-star performances that no rookie is likely to ever achieve.
So while the contract paid to Packers defensive tackle B.J. Raji covers five years and pays $22.5 million, he has the ability (if he's a solid player) to make up the difference between his base deal and Crabtree's five-year, $28 million haul via the mid-tier incentive package in Raji's deal.
And unless Crabtree meets the performance thresholds necessary to void the sixth year, he'll be stuck under contract for another year at a base salary of only $4 million.
There's one other area of concern with the deal. Crabtree, per the source, received no option bonus. Instead, he has significant money tied to a fairly new device known as a "discretionary salary advance," which unlike an opition bonus is subject to forfeiture if Crabtree decides in a year or two that he wants to hold out for a better deal. (We're also told that the 49ers have included language that would make certain escalators subject to forfeiture, too.)
Meanwhile, the deal falls well short of the mark for which Crabtree and agent Eugene Parker were aiming -- the five-year, $38.25 million contract paid by the Raiders to receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey, the seventh overall pick in the draft.
Even if Crabtree successfully voids the final year, he'll make more than $2 million per year less on average than Heyward-Bey.
Thus, as we explained earlier in the day, this is a deal that Crabtree could have done in July, which would have given him a much better chance of making a contribution to the 49ers during his rookie year.
So while the final outcome can be described as win-win, the broader view suggests that it's really a lose-lose situation.
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