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Report: Fletcher Cox Turned Down $60 Million Guaranteed
Fletcher Cox is in the last year of his contract and it's no secret that the Eagles are trying to lock this guy up long term. But he doesn't have an extension yet and he didn't show up to the Eagles OTAs last week. Who's to blame for all this? According to Howard Eskin of WIP, who came on that station's morning show today, Cox turned down $60M in "guaranteed" money and that it's really Cox's agent -- not Cox himself -- that's driving a hard bargain here.
In response to Eskin's report, Cox's agent, Todd France, came on WIP's mid-morning show and ripped Eskin a new one for what he viewed as "irresponsible" reporting. But far from denying that Cox turned down $60M in "guaranteed" money, he was trying to split hairs on what the precise definition of "guaranteed" money was. To be sure, that term now is thrown around pretty loosely not only to include true "guaranteed" money like signing bonuses which a player is paid at the time he signs a contract butthings like deferred guaranteed salary and workout bonuses. France, though, never tried to define his terms and then address Eskin's report given those defined terms. Given all of France's evasive answers, it really does look like Cox -- errr France -- did reject $60M in "guaranteed" money of varying kinds, and that he ditched OTAs because he doesn't have a deal, something which France didn't directly address either. Instead, he noted that players skip OTAs for many reasons and whiffed from providing the real reason why Cox was absent from them.
If this is all true, this may give the Eagles some pause in waiting around to negotiate a new deal for Cox. If he balls out this year, who knows what he'll be asking for come the next offseason? The Eagles could, of course, franchise him in 2017, but that would simply piss Cox off and he could, as he's done with OTAs, hold out. This scenario may fuel speculation -- and that's what it is at this time -- that the Eagles may want to move Cox, probably in a trade to the number one or two spot to draft their QB of the future. But if he's going to be part of any deal, the other team will want to make sure to strike a deal with him to avoid Cox being a one-year rental. If Cox's agent is turning down $60M in "guaranteed" dollars, Cox could prove to be the poison pill in any trade the Eagles are seeking to land for Carson Wentz or Jared Goff since the Eagles lack the trade capital to move up without Cox in the mix.
France's rant about Eskin is linked below.
Fletcher Cox's Agent Todd France Goes Off On Howard Eskin
Fletcher Cox is in the last year of his contract and it's no secret that the Eagles are trying to lock this guy up long term. But he doesn't have an extension yet and he didn't show up to the Eagles OTAs last week. Who's to blame for all this? According to Howard Eskin of WIP, who came on that station's morning show today, Cox turned down $60M in "guaranteed" money and that it's really Cox's agent -- not Cox himself -- that's driving a hard bargain here.
In response to Eskin's report, Cox's agent, Todd France, came on WIP's mid-morning show and ripped Eskin a new one for what he viewed as "irresponsible" reporting. But far from denying that Cox turned down $60M in "guaranteed" money, he was trying to split hairs on what the precise definition of "guaranteed" money was. To be sure, that term now is thrown around pretty loosely not only to include true "guaranteed" money like signing bonuses which a player is paid at the time he signs a contract butthings like deferred guaranteed salary and workout bonuses. France, though, never tried to define his terms and then address Eskin's report given those defined terms. Given all of France's evasive answers, it really does look like Cox -- errr France -- did reject $60M in "guaranteed" money of varying kinds, and that he ditched OTAs because he doesn't have a deal, something which France didn't directly address either. Instead, he noted that players skip OTAs for many reasons and whiffed from providing the real reason why Cox was absent from them.
If this is all true, this may give the Eagles some pause in waiting around to negotiate a new deal for Cox. If he balls out this year, who knows what he'll be asking for come the next offseason? The Eagles could, of course, franchise him in 2017, but that would simply piss Cox off and he could, as he's done with OTAs, hold out. This scenario may fuel speculation -- and that's what it is at this time -- that the Eagles may want to move Cox, probably in a trade to the number one or two spot to draft their QB of the future. But if he's going to be part of any deal, the other team will want to make sure to strike a deal with him to avoid Cox being a one-year rental. If Cox's agent is turning down $60M in "guaranteed" dollars, Cox could prove to be the poison pill in any trade the Eagles are seeking to land for Carson Wentz or Jared Goff since the Eagles lack the trade capital to move up without Cox in the mix.
France's rant about Eskin is linked below.
Fletcher Cox's Agent Todd France Goes Off On Howard Eskin
