Falcons: John Abraham - details of the contract

[atljbo]

John Abraham didn't get $12 million a year
March, 19, 2012
Mar 19
2:14
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By Pat Yasinskas
I just got a look at all the details of the contract defensive end John Abraham signed to stay with the Atlanta Falcons last week.

As you might have guessed, it’s worth nowhere near the $12 million a season Abraham, who is about to turn 34, said he wanted before the start of free agency. [b]In fact, the three-year deal averages $5.573 million per season.[/b]

Abraham is going to make far less in each of the three seasons than the $8 million he made last season in the final year of his old deal.

Abraham received a $2.25 million signing bonus. He’ll make $1.5 million in base salary this season. He also has two roster bonuses this year, worth a combined $2.156 million. Some of that is tied to how many games Abraham, who has had some injuries in the past, participates in. Abraham’s salary-cap figure for this season will be $4.4 million.

In 2013, Abraham’s base salary raises to $3.25 million, and he’s scheduled to receive the exact same bonuses he’ll get this year. His 2013 cap figure is $6.16 million.

In 2014, Abraham’s base salary, roster bonuses and cap figure stay exactly the same as in 2013. There also are escalator clauses that could raise Abraham’s salary for unspecified amounts in 2013 and 2014.

[SLICK NICK]

Sounds like a great deal to me.

[atljbo]

(03-19-2012 02:56 PM)SLICK NICK Wrote:  Sounds like a great deal to me.

I agree... A GREAT deal

[ATLBound]

This goes to show everybody who has some sort of idea of how much we actually pay a person per year that its much deeper than just dividing the total by the years.

[atljbo]

yup... It also shows that TD was right by letting most of his guys hit the market.. I think he got average- really good deals on most of our FA resigns

[FireDawg85]

Any updates on Lofton?

[Anomaly]

(03-19-2012 05:49 PM)FireDawg85 Wrote:  Any updates on Lofton?

This is coming from D.Led so take it as you wish but he said, "Curtis Lofton went to dinner with Saints GM, Head Coach, DC and LB coach last night. Going through meetings today."

[DemBirds]

What kind of guarantees? I would think Abe would want a good bit of it guaranteed considering how low it is compared to what he wanted and his age. I would have guaranteed all of it, IF necessary, to keep him this year.

[pauliwood]

(03-19-2012 05:59 PM)Anomaly Wrote:  This is coming from D.Led so take it as you wish but he said, "Curtis Lofton went to dinner with Saints GM, Head Coach, DC and LB coach last night. Going through meetings today."

That's legit. It's word for word what Curtis tweeted.