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Long signed a 4 year, $27 mil deal with the Jets. Now the contract breaks waaaayy down and is essentially a 1 year, $6+ mil deal, with the first being the only year that's actually guaranteed. That on the surface appears to be something we could have managed. If he's on the roster the day after the SB, then he's due another $3 mil in base, and if he's on the team THROUGH next season, the deal ends up being 2 years for $13.125 mil.
The deal LOOKS inflated, but it's actually pretty team friendly, since they can get out of it any time after this season with 0 dead cap money.
Thanks. That looks like a deal that the Redskins could have gotten done, if they so desired, since our contract specialists are really good at constructing team-friendly deals. Also, if I remember correctly, Long was injured part of last year, so that should have made it easier to get a
team-friendly deal done.