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Marvin Harrison with a SEVEN year deal extension!

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  • Marvin Harrison with a SEVEN year deal extension!

    http://msn.foxsports.com/story/3230346

    Colts will give Harrison $22M bonus


    Marvin Harrison has now officially benefited from Peyton Manning's stellar season. League sources tell FOXSports.com that the Colts and Harrison have agreed to a seven-year, $66 million extension with a stunning $22 million in guaranteed bonus money.

    The deal averages about $9 million per year during the first four years, including bonus money, but is still relatively cap-friendly.
    Calls to Harrison's agent Tom Condon and the Colts have not been returned.

    The Colts are now in position to retain all three members of their Triple Threat. With Harrison's deal done, the Colts can now turn their attention to fellow free agent-to-be Edgerrin James. If they don't get a deal done with James, they can use the franchise tag to retain his rights.

    In 12 games this year, Harrison has 67 receptions for 870 yards and 12 touchdowns. During a Monday Night Football game against the Vikings in Week 9, he and Manning hooked up for the 664th time, breaking the NFL record for most completions by a quarterback-receiver tandem.

    Earlier in that same game, Harrison collected his 800th catch. It took him just 131 games to reach that milestone, 23 fewer than the next quickest receiver, Jerry Rice.
    Don't ask Marvin Harrison what he did during the bye week. "Batman never told where the Bat Cave is," he explained.

  • #2
    Re: Marvin Harrison with a SEVEN year deal extension!

    Good
    Super Bowl XLI Champions
    2000 Eastern Conference Champions




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    • #3
      Re: Marvin Harrison with a SEVEN year deal extension!

      WHOOOOOOOO!

      Great work Polian! Now, sign Edge and the other half of the team that will become free agents.
      Take me out to the black, tell 'em I ain't coming back. Burn the land and boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me.

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      • #4
        Re: Marvin Harrison with a SEVEN year deal extension!

        This actually gives us a very good chance of resigning Edge.
        The best exercise of the human heart is reaching down and picking someone else up.

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        • #5
          Re: Marvin Harrison with a SEVEN year deal extension!

          Who else are FA's after this year?Stokley?
          Super Bowl XLI Champions
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          • #6
            Re: Marvin Harrison with a SEVEN year deal extension!

            You are correct btown - tagging him would be the right answer. As far as the others, I doubt Stokely goes anywhere. I think they hope Bashir goes somewhere else.
            The best exercise of the human heart is reaching down and picking someone else up.

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            • #7
              Re: Marvin Harrison with a SEVEN year deal extension!

              Originally posted by btowncolt
              The list is frighteningly long.


              Rhodes, Edge, DeMulling, Diem, Harper, Morris, Bashir, Bird and Stokely, amongst others.
              Brock, Thornton(rfa), Jefferson, Scioli, Floyd, Brackett, Mungro, Saturday. Im not sure about all of those, but these are the ones Im sure about:Mungro, Thornton(rfa), and Scoili.

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              • #8
                Re: Marvin Harrison with a SEVEN year deal extension!

                Just found all of the UFAs for each team, here ya go:


                AFC

                Baltimore
                G Anderson, Bennie
                CB Baxter, Gary
                FS Demps, Will
                DE Douglas, Marques
                LB Hartwell, Edgerton
                CB Sanders, Deion
                HB Taylor, Chester
                WR Taylor, Travis
                DE Weaver, Tony

                Buffalo
                DT Williams, Pat

                Cincinnati
                CB Bauman, Rashad
                C Braham, Rich
                HB Johnson, Rudi
                LB Simmons, Brian

                Cleveland
                LB Bentley, Kevin
                LB Davis, Andra

                Denver
                OG Hamilton, Ben
                DE Hayward, Reggie
                HB Hearst, Garrison
                CB Herndon, Kelly

                Houston
                WR Bradford, Corey
                FS Coleman, Marcus
                NT Payne, Seth

                Indianapolis
                FS Bashir, Idrees
                SS Bird, Cory
                LB Brackett, Gary
                DE Brock, Raheem
                G DeMulling, Rick
                RT Diem, Ryan
                CB Harper, Nicholas
                WR Harrison, Marvin
                HB James, Edgerrin
                MLB Morris, Rob
                HB Mungro, James
                G Peko, Tupe
                HB Rhodes, Dominic

                Jacksonville
                LB Ayodele, Akin
                SS Darius, Donovin
                WR Edwards, Troy
                HB Fuamatu-Ma'afala, Chris

                Kansas City
                LB Caver, Quinton
                LB Fujita, Scott

                Miami
                LB Greenwood, Morlon
                SS Knight, Sammy
                C McKinney, Seth
                HB Minor, Travis

                New England
                G Andruzzi, Joe
                RT Ashworth, Tom
                WR Brown, Troy
                WR Givens, David
                T Gorin, Brandon
                DE Green, Jarvis
                T Klemm, Adrian
                G Neal, Steve
                FB Pass, Patrick
                WR Patten, David
                K Vinatieri, Adam

                New York (J)
                DE Abraham, John
                TE Becht, Anthony
                QB Carter, Quincy
                DE Ellis, Shaun
                DT Evans, Josh
                DT Ferguson, Jason
                HB Jordan, LaMont
                RT McKenzie, Kareem

                Oakland
                DE Hamilton, Bobby
                CB Woodson, Charles
                HB Zereoue, Amos

                Pittsburgh
                ILB Bell, Kendrell
                WR Burress, Plaxico
                FS Hope, Chris

                San Diego
                WR Caldwell, Reche
                HB Chatman, Jesse
                TE Gates, Antonio

                Tennessee
                LB Calmus, Rocky
                CB Dyson, Andre
                LB Ena, Justin
                DE Hall, Carlos
                C Justin Hartwig
                HB Smith, Antowain

                NFC
                Arizona
                HB Hambrick, Troy
                CB Hill, Renaldo
                TE Jones, Freddie
                MLB McKinnon, Ronald
                SS Ohalete, Ifeanyi
                LB Thompson, Raynoch
                HB Smith, Emmitt
                SS Wilson, Adrian
                DE Zellner, Peppi

                Atlanta
                CB Beasley, Aaron
                FS Carpenter, Keion
                MLB Duncan, Jamie
                CB Mathis, Kevin
                CB Rossum, Allen

                Carolina
                LB Armstead, Jessie
                LB Fields, Mark
                DE Pittman, Kavika
                HB Smart, Rod
                T Willig, Matt

                Chicago
                HB Thomas, Anthony 27.3

                Dallas
                DT Carson, Leonardo
                SS Dixon, Tony
                HB George, Eddie
                G Lehr, Matt
                QB Testaverde, Vinny
                WR Ward, Dedric
                CB Williams, Tyrone

                Detroit
                T McDougle, Stockar
                QB McMahon, Mike
                C Raiola, Dominic
                DT Rogers, Shaun
                WR Streets, Tai
                SS Walker, Bracy

                Green Bay
                TE Franks, Bubba
                G Rivera, Marco

                Minnesota
                WR Campbell, Kelly
                LB Claiborne, Chris
                G Dixon, David
                QB Frerotte, Gus
                DT Hovan, Chris
                CB Williams, Brian

                New Orleans
                SS Bellamy, Jay
                HB Carter, Ki-Jana
                LB Hodge, Sedrick
                DE Howard, Darren

                New York (G)
                FB Finn, Jim
                LB Greisen, Nick

                Philadelphia
                HB Buckhalter, Correll
                DE Burgess, Derrick
                DE Douglas, Hugh
                TE Lewis, Chad
                G Mayberry, Jermane
                LB Reese, Ike
                FB Ritchie, Jon
                DT Simon, Corey
                LB Trotter, Jeremiah
                HB Westbrook, Brian

                San Francisco
                DE Carter, Andre
                WR Conway, Curtis
                FS Heard, Ronnie
                G Heitmann, Eric
                LB Peterson, Julian
                K Peterson, Todd
                LB Rasheed, Saleem
                CB Williams, Jimmy
                WR Wilson, Cedrick

                Seattle
                HB Alexander, Shaun
                DT Bernard, Rocky
                G Gray, Chris
                QB Hasselbeck, Matt
                LB Huff, Orlando
                T Jones, Walter
                CB Lucas, Ken
                TE Mili, Itula
                DE Okeafor, Chike
                P Rouen, Tom
                C Tobeck, Robbie
                T Womack, Floyd

                St. Louis
                TE Cleeland, Cameron 29.5
                WR Looker, Dane 28.8
                C Nutten, Tom 33.7
                T Pace, Orlando 29.3
                LB Polley, Tommy 27.1
                S Williams, Aeneas 37.1

                Tampa Bay
                WR Brown, Tim 38.6
                G Coleman, Cosey 26.3
                TE Dilger, Ken 34.1
                WR Galloway, Joey 33.3
                G O'Dwyer, Matt 32.5

                Washington
                G Brown, Ray 42.2
                HB Cartwright, Rock 25.2
                T Jones, Kenyatta 26.1
                MLB Pierce, Antonio 26.4
                DT Salave'a, Joe 29.9
                CB Smoot, Fred 25.9

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                • #9
                  Re: Marvin Harrison with a SEVEN year deal extension!

                  Stokley, Jefferson, Walters, Nelson, and Thornton should be on the list. know this from http://www.coltshistory.com/GameReso...p/2005cap.html, if they arent on that list the are a free agent

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                  • #10
                    Re: Marvin Harrison with a SEVEN year deal extension!

                    never mind, this is a better http://www.coltshistory.com/GameReso...ryCapInfo.html

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                    • #11
                      Re: Marvin Harrison with a SEVEN year deal extension!

                      I don't know why Stokley would want to go anywhere else.
                      Super Bowl XLI Champions
                      2000 Eastern Conference Champions




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                      • #12
                        Re: Marvin Harrison with a SEVEN year deal extension!

                        Well, Stokley I think is going to stay here because he likes being with Peyton...someone said this on NFL Countdown...Mort I think. He doesn't mind taking less money.
                        Don't ask Marvin Harrison what he did during the bye week. "Batman never told where the Bat Cave is," he explained.

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                        • #13
                          Re: Marvin Harrison with a SEVEN year deal extension!

                          More info:

                          http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=1942016

                          Star receiver agrees to 7-year deal

                          The Indianapolis Colts on Wednesday achieved their second contract milestone of the season, reaching agreement on a seven-year, $67 million extension with wide receiver Marvin Harrison.

                          Harrison, who was scheduled to enter free agency after this season, is guaranteed $22 million between now and 2006 and received a $6 million signing bonus. He is making $5.56 million this season.


                          Earlier this year, the Colts locked up quarterback Peyton Manning with a seven-year, $98 million deal that included a $34 million signing bonus.


                          Harrison, 32, is considered one of the best receivers in the league and is the focal point of the Colts' powerful offense. He draws consistent double coverage and allows Reggie Wayne and Brandon Stokley to excel against single coverage.


                          The structure of Harrison's contract will allow enough flexibility for the Colts to try to find a way to keep running back Edgerrin James. There is a $7 million roster bonus that can be converted into a signing bonus in order to lower Harrison's cap number in 2005 to around only $3.2 million.


                          There also is a $10 million flexible roster bonus that can be converted into signing bonus to help the salary cap in 2006.


                          The Harrison deal is considered the best ever given to a wide receiver. Randy Moss had the previous best deal for a player at the position, an eight-year, $75 million contract that included $18 million in guarantees.


                          The surprising part about Harrison's contract is that he received it at age 32. Though many top receivers have some of their best seasons in their 30s, a lot of teams don't like giving big-money deals to older receivers.


                          The Colts had no problem doing this because Harrison has been such a valuable part of their offense along with the fact he is one of the best-conditioned athletes on the team.


                          Negotiations concluded Tuesday night and the deal was sent into the league office Wednesday morning for approval. Once it was approved, it went into the league's salary cap system.


                          Harrison's agent, Tom Condon, was unavailable for comment.


                          Condon also negotiated Manning's deal, which was the most given to any quarterback.


                          Along with James, Stokley will be among the Colts' next targets for re-signing. He's a free agent after this season.


                          Although the contract technically has $23 million of guarantees, the deal counts only as $22 million because the Colts lowered $1 million of his remaining contract to fit it into this year's cap.

                          Senior writer John Clayton covers the NFL for ESPN.com
                          Don't ask Marvin Harrison what he did during the bye week. "Batman never told where the Bat Cave is," he explained.

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                          • #14
                            Re: Marvin Harrison with a SEVEN year deal extension!

                            Brad Miller alledgedly was willing to stay with his home-state Pacers for less *before* somebody really threw big money at him, too.
                            Why do the things that we treasure most, slip away in time
                            Till to the music we grow deaf, to God's beauty blind
                            Why do the things that connect us slowly pull us apart?
                            Till we fall away in our own darkness, a stranger to our own hearts
                            And life itself, rushing over me
                            Life itself, the wind in black elms,
                            Life itself in your heart and in your eyes, I can't make it without you

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                            • #15
                              Re: Marvin Harrison with a SEVEN year deal extension!

                              And you thought I had "nothing useful" to add to a Colts discussion.

                              Why do the things that we treasure most, slip away in time
                              Till to the music we grow deaf, to God's beauty blind
                              Why do the things that connect us slowly pull us apart?
                              Till we fall away in our own darkness, a stranger to our own hearts
                              And life itself, rushing over me
                              Life itself, the wind in black elms,
                              Life itself in your heart and in your eyes, I can't make it without you

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