Right tackles

[ChrisPozz]

Obviously Davis is still on his rookie contract.

Pelissero: With $8M under cap, Vikings talk deal with Phil Loadholt | 1500 ESPN Twin Cities ? Minnesota Sports News & Opinion (Twins, Vikings, Wolves, Wild, Gophers)

According to sources with access to NFL salary data, only four of the NFL's 20 highest-paid tackles in terms of average per year currently are playing the right side: Dallas' Doug Free ($8 million APY), Tennessee's David Stewart ($6,147,167), Philadelphia's Todd Herremans ($6 million) and Kansas City's Eric Winston ($5.5 million).

Only six other right tackles -- Cincinnati's Andre Smith, San Diego's Jeromey Clary, Tampa Bay's Jeremy Trueblood (who lost his job in camp), San Francisco's Anthony Davis, Buffalo's Erik Pears and Seattle's Breno Giacomini -- have deals that average even $3 million a year.

That means more than two-thirds of the league is playing with players making less. Whatever the Vikings would give Loadholt -- whose four-year, $4 million rookie deal included a $1.2 million signing bonus -- it shouldn't be the type of deal that precludes them from addressing other contracts as well.

 

[deep9er]

Obviously Davis is still on his rookie contract.

Pelissero: With $8M under cap, Vikings talk deal with Phil Loadholt | 1500 ESPN Twin Cities ? Minnesota Sports News & Opinion (Twins, Vikings, Wolves, Wild, Gophers)

According to sources with access to NFL salary data, only four of the NFL's 20 highest-paid tackles in terms of average per year currently are playing the right side: Dallas' Doug Free ($8 million APY), Tennessee's David Stewart ($6,147,167), Philadelphia's Todd Herremans ($6 million) and Kansas City's Eric Winston ($5.5 million).

Only six other right tackles -- Cincinnati's Andre Smith, San Diego's Jeromey Clary, Tampa Bay's Jeremy Trueblood (who lost his job in camp), San Francisco's Anthony Davis, Buffalo's Erik Pears and Seattle's Breno Giacomini -- have deals that average even $3 million a year.

That means more than two-thirds of the league is playing with players making less. Whatever the Vikings would give Loadholt -- whose four-year, $4 million rookie deal included a $1.2 million signing bonus -- it shouldn't be the type of deal that precludes them from addressing other contracts as well.

how many of these other RT's were taken #11 overall? Andre Smith was taken higher, but THINK the others were much later?

not complaining about Davis who's improvement is well noted. thats just what came to mind.

 

[ChrisPozz]

how many of these other RT's were taken #11 overall? Andre Smith was taken higher, but THINK the others were much later?

not complaining about Davis who's improvement is well noted. thats just what came to mind.

Cincinnati's Andre Smith - 6th overall pick in 2009. Still on his rookie contract.

San Diego's Jeromey Clary - 6th round pick in 2006. Signed a 4-year, $20M contract with $6.8M signing bonus on July 26th, 2011.

Tampa Bay's Jeremy Trueblood - 2nd round pick in 2006. Signed a 2-year, $10M contract with $1M signing bonus on July 29th, 2011.

San Francisco's Anthony Davis - 11th overall pick in 2010. Still on his rookie contract.

Buffalo's Erik Pears - Undrafted FA (Denver) in 2005. Signed a 4-year, $9.8M contract with $3.85M guaranteed and a $2.2M signing bonus on December 13th, 2011.

Seattle's Breno Giacomini - 5th round pick in 2008. Signed a 2-year, $6M contract with a $1.5M signing bonus and another $1M available in incentives. Signed that on February 10th, 2012.

 

[ChrisPozz]

Forgot about the highest paid ones:

Dallas' Doug Free ($8 million APY) - 4th round pick in 2007. Signed a 4-year, $32M contract with $17M guaranteed and a $10.3M signing bonus on July 29th, 2011.

Tennessee's David Stewart ($6,147,167) - 4th round pick in 2005. Signed a 6-year, $38.9M contract with $10M guaranteed and a $6M signing bonus and a first-year roster bonus of $2M. Signed on June 27th, 2008.

Philadelphia's Todd Herremans ($6 million) - 4th round pick in 2005. 5-year, $27.1M contract with $11M guaranteed, including a $6M signing bonus on March 13th, 2012.

Kansas City's Eric Winston ($5.5 million) - 3rd round pick in 2006 (Houston). Signed a 4-year, $22M contract with $8.4M in bonuses. Signed that on March 17th, 2012.