For Sam Bradford, the NFL is his personal lottery that just keeps on paying.
Philadelphia Eagles vice president of football operations Howie Roseman explained the rationale behind giving the quarterback a two-year, $35 million contract to Pro Football Talk Live.
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It was a less-than-rousing endorsement for the five-year veteran quarterback.
"When you're talking about a quarterback there is no level that you won't pay for a high performance for a quarterback," Roseman told PFT Live on NBC Sports Radio and NBCSN. "In terms of the market and when you look at the options that are there to keep a player from free agency whether it's a franchise tag or transition tag, one-year deals, from our perspective we wanted to make sure it was more than a one-year deal so that we weren't building our team just for this one year. We're trying to look at it over a period of time as we build this team. So it was very important for us to get a multi-year deal, a deal longer than one year, and this was an area right now where you're in a vacuum. Free agency hasn't started, able to come to a decision and for us, and for us it's about what is best for the Philadelphia Eagles not necessarily what's best around the league."
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So Philadelphia did the least it could do to satisfy its strategy, giving Bradford a two-year deal. In fact, the Eagles theoretically could cut ties with Bradford after next season and owe just $18 million, PFT indicated, as long as the $4 million guaranteed owed Bradford for 2017 is forgiven if the quarterback signs with another team.
Bradford, who just completed a six-year deal worth $76 million as the last No. 1 pick not subject to a scaled rookie salary cap, could earn $111 million over eight years, and just seven seasons worth of work --- although CBS Sports reported Bradford to be eligible to earn $114 million over nine years).
Roseman could've talked about how Bradford earned the trust of his teammates, who lobbied for his return. He could've talked about Bradford's improvement over the second half of the season and that the Eagles thought Bradford could be their franchise quarterback.
Instead he talked about the exorbitant quarterback salaries and not having a free-agent option worthy of offering a multiyear deal.
Bradford must be so proud.
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