Lions sign Redding to monster deal before franchise-player deadline

[Frozenfish]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2938519

Last year, Rod Marinelli moved Cory Redding (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=6402) from defensive end to defensive tackle in the belief he could be one of the best defensive tackles in football.

Cory Redding (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=6402)

http://assets.espn.go.com/i/nfl/profiles/players/statsid/s6402.jpg Defensive Tackle
Detroit Lions
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2006 Season StatsTotSoloAstFFSackInt48399280

On Monday, the Lions backed up that belief by making him the highest-paid defensive tackle in football. Redding, the team's franchise player in 2007, agreed to a seven-year, $49 million contract that included $16 million in guarantees, including $13 million in signing bonus and roster guarantees.
Redding will receive a little more than $20 million over the first three years of his contract.
Redding's agreement beat a 4 p.m. Monday deadline for franchise players. Had he not reached an agreement, Redding would have been forced to only accept a one-year deal with no chance of an extension until next season. Under those circumstances, Redding might have held out the entire training camp.
Now, he will be present for the start of camp and will work with Shaun Rogers (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=5508) in what Marinelli believes will be one of the more dominating interior defensive lines in football.
Redding's agent, Kennard McGuire, was unavailable for comment while he worked out the final paperwork to submit to the league before the deadline.
Initially, Redding wanted to hit the free-agent market and leave the team. Marinelli and the organization decided to franchise him and try to talk him into taking a long-term deal. Last Monday, both sides had a major breakthrough in negotiations when the Lions came within $400,000 a year of Redding's demands.
Talks slowed down last Friday and Saturday and the possibility of no long-term deal existed. On Monday morning, the Lions increased their offer and signed him for $7 million a year.
The Redding deal tops the five-year, $33.24 million contract given to Vikings defensive tackle Kevin Williams (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=6345).
The 6-foot-4, 290-pound Redding was taken in the third round of the 2002 draft and started nine games as a defensive end as a rookie. In the past three years, he had 48 starts. Last year, he had career highs in tackles (47) and sacks (eight).

[GMONEY]

wheres joe?

[MEL]

Joe will be here shortly im sure. He got to be cooking up a huge batch of loins BS, er ah, cornbread:D

So guys here is the REAL low down on the Redding signing:
Dude wants to leave the piss poor loins and get a contract somewhere with a contender. Even waiting til last minute to see what offers come his way.
Being a "good" not great D-lineman the loins are forced to pay him $49mill
or else lose him. He is now a good, far from the best, D lineman but since the loins are so bad and couldnt afford to lose him they are forced to pay him MORE than any other D lineman in the game. A D-tackle like Redding should command $30 to 35 Mill but the loins had to pay $49Mill.
Please guys before you all tell me he's the best in the game or he's great or
the regular cornbread non sence, look at last year. 8 sacks/47 tackles.
$49 million for 8 sack, 47 tackles??? only the loins:lol: :dizzy: :D :coco:

[thousandcasts]

Over paid? Yes, but it would've been worse to lose him. Such is the plight of the Lions.

[MEL]

Over paid? Yes, but it would've been worse to lose him. Such is the plight of the Lions.

My point exactly!!!! Thanks for making it. That deal has Matt Millen written all over it:lol: $49Mill for a "average" (note my down grade) D lineman:coco:

Had to downgade him to average after checking into sack and tackles stats
from last season and low and behold....He's right there in the middle of the pack, AKA, "average".

Here's an interesting thought. Roy Williams will be a Free Agent after this season. Being the loins best player, I wonder how much it will cost to keep him??? $60-80-100Mill????:dizzy:

"Such is the plight of the Loins"

[snakebit67]

from the way the news makes it sound this is a marinelli call. Hope he's right.

[Joe Archer]

wheres joe?
Here I am.... :D
I won't sugar coat this deal and call it cornbread. That is a ton of money for a guy that I originally wanted to move back to DE and draft a solid interior lineman to play next to Rogers. However, I do believe that Redding and Rogers have potential to be a force alongside each other. I also believe the "Rogers" situation mandated the signing of Redding. Lets face it Rogers is a wildcard, and we really do not know what entity we are going to see. The bottom line is that Detroit could not afford to go into this season without at least one solid interior lineman. When playing to their potential, Rogers and Redding compliment each other very well. The tandem gives Detroit one big body, pocket collapsing tackle and one quick pass rushing tackle. I am sure that Marinelli must be foaming at the mouth at this point.
The bottom line is that I will reserve my judgment on this signing until I see the results. In fact, my general philosophy with the Lions has become; "Show Me". I have no expectations and I will not be disappointed.
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[MEL]

[quote=Joe Archer In fact, my general philosophy with the Lions has become; "Show Me". I have no expectations and I will not be disappointed.
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Ok, what happened to the REAL Joe???? Someone kidnapped him and is using his computer. This statement cant be from the Joe who we know and
question his mental state;)
As a matter of fact that sounds more like the fella who casts 1,000 times.
Did he lure Joe out of his home by telling Joe that the loins were selling season tickets right now? Than use his computer to type this?:confused:

[Joe Archer]

Nope, it is really me. The "corn bread" thread is a bit tongue-in-cheek.
I made the "expectation/disappointment" comment a long time ago in these same forums; probably for the first time in the pre-draft part of last season. I adopted the "show me" philosophy" when they fired Marriucci. To me that was rock bottom. I had so much expectation when they hired Mooch that I found it devestating when they failed with him.
In any case, I love football and the Lions are my team. I follow them yearly and will be as happy as anyone on the planet if I am alive to see them turn things around. The corn bread is ths kind of stuff that in past years would have had me excited as hell. Now, interest replaces excitement and I am moderately curious to see how the seasn pans out. Moreover, I am and will remain a loyal fan.
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[Munsterlndr]

Good move by the lions! I could care less how much they pay the guy, what matters is that this new contract frees up cap space, which we need right now to continue to build with free agents and should give us one of the better defensive lines in the league. It's not like the Ford's need the money. If they had let Redding go as a free agent you guys would be bitching about how cheap Ford's are and how stupid they were for letting him go. Of course the lions need to pay big money, what other method do they have for getting talent to come or stay here?

I've been a major Millen critic in the past but I have to say that I like most of the players that they drafted/acquired this year, with the exception of Stanton. Even he may turn out to be a good draft pick, I just think we had more immediate needs that a 2nd round pick would have been better spent on.

I like the Marinelli/Martz combination and think it's a big improvement over the Mooch era. The key to the Lions this year is staying healthy. If they can stay healthy and keep their starting units on the field I think you are going to see a major improvement over the last several years.

mmmm...... Love this cornbread, pass me some kool-aid to wash it down with! :lol:

[Joe Archer]

When I posted here yesterday it was before I looked at the actual contract numbers. As franchise player he was going to be paid something like 6.77 million this year. His contract is 7 years, 49 million with less than half of it guaranteed. On the surface it looks like a good deal for the Lions, and in three years with the current trends, he will most likely be "underpaid" :sad:
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