http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/9485710/Glazer:-Lions-will-take-Stafford-with-No.-1-pick The #1 pick in the draft FoxSports.com's Jay Glazer reports the Lions have agreed to contract terms with Georgia QB Matthew Stafford and will select him with the first pick in the 2009 draft. Agent Tom Condon did well, landing Stafford a six-year, $78 million deal with an $41.7 million guaranteed.
So, if he meets incentives, he's the 4th highest paid QB in the league and he's never thrown a pass in the NFL. Awesome.
Agreed with all of the above. We need a rookie salary cap...stat! I can't believe the vets put up with this.
That is strictly insane. Seriously, it is getting out of hand. Hopefully they do something about this soon. You should never get paid more coming out of the draft, then someone already proven to be an elite player in the NFL. It should never, ever, ever, happen.
Holy shit that is a ton of money. What if he is the next Harrington? Lions better hope he is the next Peyton Manning.
I can't believe they still don't have a system where each pick is a slotted amount of money. I hate the NBA but it's time the NFL follows suit in terms of what they do.