Raiders to sign Asomugha

Already posted:

http://forums.theganggreen.com/showthread.php?t=42594

 

Someone encroaching on RaiderJoe's turf... :lol:

 

another good move by Oakland keeping there best player

 

They are near a deal - he hasn't signed anything yet.

Word on Rotoworld.com is this: If Aso doesn't sign a deal by 4PM today, the Raiders won't franchise him...making him a free agent.

I hope he gets out of Oakland.

 

Important news. Someone should make a thread about it.

 

He just signed a ridiculous contract with Oakland - 3 years for 45 million and 26 mil guaranteed.

 

He'll be cut by week 6.

 

Asomugha lands complex three-year deal with Raiders

Posted: Adam Schefter | Adam Schefter | Tags: Free Agency 2009, Nnamdi Asomugha, Oakland Raiders

For a change, the Oakland Raiders intercepted CB Nnamdi Asomugha on his way to the free-agent market.

Asomugha signed a three-year deal that is worth a minimum of $45 million and could reach $50 million, a league source said.

It?s a complex contract that the NFL had to sift through and approve, and it has. The deal works like this:

The first two years, worth $28.5 million, are fully guaranteed. In the third year of the contract, if Oakland wants to keep Asomugha, it must pay him the average of the top five highest-paid quarterbacks in the game or $16.875 million ? whichever is greater. If the Raiders fail to pick up the option, Asomugha will become a free agent, with Oakland not having the ability to tag him again.

It?s a complex deal, but the bottom line is it?s done. The Raiders kept Asomugha and punter Shane Lechler without having to use a franchise tag.

http://blogs.nfl.com/2009/02/19/asomugha-lands-complex-three-year-deal-with-raiders/

 

WOW. They got raped. He ain't worth it. And people wonder why the Raiders are a joke. Cause they piss all there money away on retarded contracts. Chalk another failure to Al Davis.

 

Those are the exact same words uttered out my mouth when I read this.

 

They now have the highest paid punter and corner in the nfl. and the most overweight qb. whats the over/under on raiders wins next season?

 

The best CB in the league (and it's not just Raider fans who say that) got paid like the best CB in the league. How'd they get raped? Especially when the third year is an option and shaping up to be an uncapped year...

 

Al Davis has gone senile. It's been known for a while

 

How can he walk away? Do you mean retirement?

 

Okay, will do.

 

source: three different threads at www.theganggreen.com