With the talk about how much rookies are making this year, I thought it'd be nice to track some of them. I'll try to update the list whenever possible. Matthew Stafford was the first first rounder to sign. Mark Sanchez was signed next. Pick Team Name Position Contract 1 Detroit Matthew Stafford QB 6 years, $67 million 2 St. Louis Jason Smith OT 5 years, $62 million 3 Kansas City Tyson Jackson DE 5 years, $57 million 4 Seattle Aaron Curry LB 6 years, $60 million 5 NY Jets Mark Sanchez QB 5 years, $60 million 6 Cincinnati Andre Smith OT UNSIGNED 7 Oakland Darrius Heyward-Bey WR 5 years, $38.25 million 8 Jacksonville Eugene Monroe OT 5 years, $35.5 million 9 Green Bay B.J. Raji DT 5 years, $28.5 million 10 San Francisco Michael Crabtree WR UNSIGNED 11 Buffalo Aaron Maybin DE UNSIGNED 12 Denver Knowshon Moreno RB 5 years, $23 million 13 Washington Brian Orakpo DE 5 years, $20 million 14 New Orleans Malcolm Jenkins DB 5 years 15 Houston Brian Cushing LB 5 years, $14 million 16 San Diego Larry English DE 5 years, $17.8 million 17 Tampa Bay Josh Freeman QB 5 years, $36 million 18 Denver Robert Ayers DE 5 years 19 Philadelphia Jeremy Maclin WR 5 years, $15.5 million 20 Detroit Brandon Pettigrew TE 5 years, $14.6 million 21 Cleveland Alex Mack C 5 years, $13 million 22 Minnesota Percy Harvin WR 5 years, $14.25 million 23 Baltimore Michael Oher OT 5 years, $13.5 million 24 Atlanta Peria Jerry DT 5 years, $13.25 million 25 Miami Vontae Davis DB 5 years, $13.3 million 26 Green Bay Clay Matthews DE 5 years, $13.2 million 27 Indianapolis Donald Brown RB 5 years, $12.8 million 28 Buffalo Eric Wood C 5 years, $13 million 29 NY Giants Hakeem Nicks WR 5 years, $12.5 million 30 Tennessee Kenny Britt WR 5 years, $12.25 million 31 Arizona Chris Wells RB 5 years, $11.8 million 32 Pittsburgh Evander Hood DT 5 years, $11.3 million
Cleveland and Pittsburgh signed their first rounders, I just don't have the details of the signing though. I'm a bit curious to why it's taking so long to get others signed. I'm pretty sure it involves the possibility of an uncapped season so everyone is in the wait-and-see mode, either that or they are having problems with their demands (cough) Crabtree (cough).
The money is well established....the fight is over the number of years....the players want 4 year deals, the teams want 6 year deals....a 6 year deal avoids restricted free agency, which is a headache for all involved now that poison pill contracts are popular....complicating matters greatly though is the looming lockout, which would change the number of years required to become unrestricted from 5 years to 6, leaving even more potential for restricted free agency....further complicating the process is the Supreme Court case that could give the NFL lifetime antitrust protection, which is the 1st step toward ending the concept of free agency and returning to the system of yesteryear(as in, you get drafted, that team has your rights until they release them, and theres nothing you can do about it, except refuse to play).....
Jason Smith got 5 yrs, $62million according to here Josh Freeman got 5 yrs, $36 million according to here
Updated, I still don't know the details of Robert Ayers contract. I bolded Percy Harvin because I heard a rumor that the NFL recently voided the Vikings offer for some reason. If anyone can confirm that it's false or something different, please share.
I saw a blog post on espn.com that Jackson and Moreno are close to signing. The Crabtree drama sounds especially ugly. Will he be the last to sign? As a Seahawks fan, I hope Curry gets signed soon.
As I had seen people speculate, once the first defensive player picked got signed, Curry signed soon after.
Updated, and it seems that the Crabtree situation has an effect on negotiations with other picks before him. I still don't have details on the contracts of Malcom Jenkins, Robert Ayers, and Percy Marvin.