{"id":281,"date":"2009-04-18T08:40:57","date_gmt":"2009-04-18T13:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.homeboyznetwork.com\/?p=281"},"modified":"2009-04-18T08:49:07","modified_gmt":"2009-04-18T13:49:07","slug":"peters-contract-deal-6yr-55mill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homeboyznetwork.com\/?p=281","title":{"rendered":"Peters Contract deal 6yr &#8211; 55mill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>After agreeing to send three picks to Buffalo for left tackle Jason Peters, the Eagles signed the two-time Pro Bowler to a six-year contract. A league source told CSN&#8217;s Derrick Gunn that the deal is worth in the mid-$50 million range. The trade was contingent upon the completion of a new deal with Peters.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Eagles sent Buffalo the 28th and 121st overall picks (first and fourth round) in next weekend&#8217;s draft and a late-round pick in next year&#8217;s draft. The Eagles still have 10 picks in this year&#8217;s draft, beginning with the 21st overall selection.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Dissatisfied with his contract \u2013 he was scheduled to make a base salary of $3.8 million this season \u2013 the 27-year-old Peters held out of training camp last year, reported to the team a day before the season opener, and had a sub-par season. Despite allowing 11\u00bd sacks (according to Stats Inc.), he still was selected to his second straight Pro Bowl and All-Pro team. The five-year veteran was credited with only six sacks allowed in 2007.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Granted, that stat is subjective; the length of time a quarterback holds the ball or missed assignments by other linemen also contribute to sacks. Buffalo allowed 38 sacks last year, tied with Washington for 22nd in the league.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>So the Eagles obviously feel last season was an aberration for Peters.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Jason Peters is the best left tackle in football,&#8221; head coach Andy Reid in a statement released by the team. &#8220;He is a powerful and athletic tackle and I have admired his play over the last few years on film. I have always believed that success in the National Football League is derived from the strong play of the offensive and defensive lines. This off-season we have added two young, top-flight offensive linemen in Jason and Stacy Andrews.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Great Article right here. \u00a0Take the time to read it. \u00a0Peter&#8217;s does have some flaws but heck, Andy called him the best LT in football.<em> <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After agreeing to send three picks to Buffalo for left tackle Jason Peters, the Eagles signed the two-time Pro Bowler to a six-year contract. A league source&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[160,264,251,262,6,263],"class_list":["post-281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-philadelphia_eagles","tag-eagles-lt","tag-eagles-offensive","tag-eagles-offensive-line","tag-eagles-peters","tag-jason-peters","tag-philadelphia-eagles-ol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homeboyznetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homeboyznetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homeboyznetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeboyznetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeboyznetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=281"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeboyznetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":283,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeboyznetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281\/revisions\/283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homeboyznetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeboyznetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeboyznetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}