Eagles re-signed LG Evan Mathis to a five-year, $25 million contract.
The deal includes $7 million guaranteed. Mathis was drawing strong interest on the open market after Carl Nicks and Ben Grubbs got scooped up early, but will return to where he played under a one-year deal in 2011. Signed as a backup last summer, Mathis ended up thriving in OL coach Howard Mudd's system, and graded out as the league's No. 1 guard by Pro Football Focus. The Eagles re-signed RT Todd Herremans to a three-year, $21 million deal earlier in the week. Every member of the Eagles' offensive line is now signed through at least 2014.
Source: Adam Schefter on Twitter
Odlican ugovor, mislio da ce traziti vise, samo 7M garantovanih je odlican posao. Jest da je dovio pare za nadprosecnog LT
ali mi je drago da ce OL ostati na okupu sledece sezone, ove godine su bili prijatno iznenadjenje, jos ako ruki dvojac napreduje, mogla bi biti jedna od najboljih OL u ligi, alice morati da se poprave njih dvojica i da Piters odigra kao i prethodne sezone
E sad samo da nadjemo jednog dobrog LB, svi su i dalje na raspolaganju (Lofton, Flecer, Tulok, onaj iz Sijetla, kome sad nikako da se setim imena)...
Evo koliko je sranje bilo ono pisanje prosle godine da su Iglsi "odigrali na sve ili nista", ovaj sad tim bi treba da bude bolji nego prethodne sezone. Jednostavno, ovaj tim moze ostati na okupu bar jos 2-3 godine da svi odigraju odlicno i dalje, da ne krenu da padaju. Tad ce trebati zameniti Vika, Asu, Asantea (mada ja verujem da ce on otici najkasnije na draftu), ali osnova tima ce ostati, plus imamo opet dosta pikova na draftu...