Moss to sign "multiyear contract befitting a No. 1 wideout"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38444-2005Mar15.html

According to sources, wide receiver Santana Moss, who was traded for wideout Laveranues Coles, will sign a rich, multiyear contract befitting a No. 1 wideout. Sources said after the March 5 trade, the Redskins and Moss's agent, Drew Rosenhaus, agreed on the parameters of an extension, and Washington is waiting to announce the deal after creating cap space.

According to one source, who requested anonymity because the new deal hasn't been announced, Moss will average more than the annual salary in Coles's original contract in Washington -- a seven-year deal worth $35 million that included a $13 million bonus. Rosenhaus, whose client was scheduled to earn about $450,000 in 2005, declined to comment last week. . . .

Say what? I hope this isn't true.

:frusty: :smashfrea

You have GOT to be kidding me.....

OMG Snyder has far too much money to play around with.......

so we got a worse wideout and we're going to pay him more money???

It will be interesting to see how the contract actually breaks down year by year, how heavily backloaded it is

That's friggin crazy. Once again, we won't pay guys like Pierce and Smoot, but we'll overpay outsiders. If this is true, I'm going to say Gibbs should resign as team President.

im really not upset at all about this, if we are actually paying more for moss than coles. plus it only says the annual salary will be more, and nothing about the SB. lets just wait to see how it plays out, what it does to our cap space, etc. before we chase gibbs away from being team president

Ugh - he hasn't done anything. Sign him to a deal based on past performance for 3 years. Then see how he does as a skin and work from there.

BAD NEWS!

What, does Drew Rosenhaus have dirty pictures of Danny and the monkey boy? Jeeze. I expected him to re-sign, and that always comes with a bonus, but that sounds like a lot! I hope it's very much tied to injury incentives. If this guy gets hurt a lot, we need to cover our asses. When he's healthy, he's a good receiver and can fly. But wow. So much for cap space!