Mcfadden signs 6 year 60 million

[O'Donal31]

Running back Darren McFadden (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=8781) reached a six-year, $60 million agreement Thursday night with the Oakland Raiders (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/clubhouse?team=oak) that includes $26 million guaranteed.
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Darren McFadden's contract includes $26 million in guarantees.



McFadden is the third of the top four draft choices to reach a deal. Offensive lineman Jake Long (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=8778), of the Miami Dolphins (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/clubhouse?team=mia), and quarterback Matt Ryan (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=8780), of the Falcons, the third pick in the draft, have signed. McFadden, the fourth pick, reached an agreement after negotiating during the Raiders' minicamp.
McFadden's agent, Ian Greengross, flew to Oakland to start negotiations with the Raiders. Both sides wanted to get a deal done quickly.
The tricky part was getting enough guaranteed money to compete with Long and Ryan's deals. Ryan received more than $34 million in guarantees on his six-year, $72 million contract. But Ryan reached the agreement the day the NFL voided the final two years of the collective bargaining agreement. Negotiations for draft choices since have become more complicated because of the possibility of having an uncapped year in 2010.

Greengross and the Raiders were able to work through the red tape and come up with a six-year contract that maximized guarantees. Many analysts of the rules involving the uncapped year predicted more five-year contracts that included less overall and guaranteed money.
McFadden is expected to share the running back position with Justin Fargas (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=6432). The team scheduled an 11 p.m. Friday news conference to announce the signing. He becomes the 21st of the 252 league draft choices to reach an agreement.


John Clayton in a senior NFL writer for ESPN.com.

[shmuck]

Is it just me or are these guys signing a lot quicker than usual or did part of Long signing before the draft help things?

[O'Donal31]

Is it just me or are these guys signing a lot quicker than usual or did part of Long signing before the draft help things?

I think both, usually the players and agents wait and see what the number 1 player got so they can look at that and how much that Pick number was paid the year before...Russell holding out so long made it hard to do that last year, but it does seem like players are signing earlier then normal to me as well. 3 of the top 4 so far have signed and others in the top 10 are in contract talks already.

[sportznut]

Is it just me or are these guys signing a lot quicker than usual or did part of Long signing before the draft help things?I was just thinking the same thing.