Addicted2Skins Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Hey, I thought the league minimum was $340,000 and I heard on Terry Bradshaw's most bang for your buck Cooley makes $305,000. Is this true? What's the league min.? Wow, He must make the same or less than Frost! That ain't right. Cooley deserves a raise!:helmet: #47 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asnpcwiz Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Dude, Cooley is on year two. Don't worry, the way he's playing for us now, when it comes time to renew, he'll be get a great deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redskinedwizard Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 ye he will be ok. the staff knows what they have in him and he will get big offers so they will smash him off a nice bundle before he can look elsewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOVA2Tampa Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Cooley knows that he'll be getting seven figures come renewal time...besides, I'd love to make $305K a year for playing football...especially for Gibbs and the Redskins!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byebye Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 I think 340 is vet minimum..cooley is obviously on his rookie contract...and for a 3rd rounder...what do you expect...He also got a signing bonus that probably isn't being accounted for in that salary figure as well. He'll get a new deal probably at the end of next season... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thinking Skins Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Hey, I thought the league minimum was $340,000 and I heard on Terry Bradshaw's most bang for your buck Cooley makes $305,000. Is this true? What's the league min.? Wow, He must make the same or less than Frost! That ain't right. Cooley deserves a raise!:helmet: #47 Be aware of your words. Because I'll bet that in a year or two, when he's a free agent and asking for a big dollar contract, you or some of the other fans here (Lavar Bashers maybe) will come out saying he is greedy and is only thinking about himself and how he should love the redskins so much that he gives back the money he makes, ... etc. etc. blah blah blah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TankRizzo Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Sean Taylor is right there w/ him. Early years of Rookie contracts are usually pretty friendly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loyal2Washington Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Sean Taylor is right there w/ him. Early years of Rookie contracts are usually pretty friendly. Only problem is that ST got a signing bonus that goes with being the fifth pick. While Cooley got third round signing bonus. :dallasuck :gaintsuck :eaglesuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addicted2Skins Posted January 10, 2006 Author Share Posted January 10, 2006 Dude, Cooley is on year two. Don't worry, the way he's playing for us now, when it comes time to renew, he'll be get a great deal. Good, He's a cool dude. :cool: And a great Redskin:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashburnskinsfan Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Chris Cooley's numbers look like this: Drafted third round, No. 81 overall. Signing bonus: $655,000. Base salaries: $230,000 (2004); $305,000 (2005); $385,000 (2006); $460,000 (2007). Total: four years, $2,035,000. Salary cap charge: $366,750. Looks like he gets a free BMW and other perks from his commercials, so he's doing OK for 23-year old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan1058 Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 yea don't worry about Cooley, he is doing just fine hah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novaskin Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Your forgetting Cooley's contract addendum, the Skins put an extra bonus on it. Two cheerleaders a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyfan Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 I would love for my company to give me a signing bonus like Chris's! I am looking forward to a break out game from Chris this Saturday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Die Hard Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Don't think for a second Cooley doesn't know he's underpaid. I've heard him say he's paid lower than some veteran backups on the team who play minimally. Of course, he also knows his pay-day will come. I'm sure he anxiously awaits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttr77 Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Who wants to pass the hat around? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoeRedskins Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Thats the great part about drafting guys. YOu can get the msot out of them while on their rookie contract. b/c he was a third round pick the last year of his contract will probably not be over a mill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Die Hard Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Also keep into consideration... most guys don't get the same opportunities that Cooley has enjoyed. So while Cooley may in fact be underpaid.... he certainly cannot complain that he hasn't been given an opportunity (as a 3rd round pick that a coach traded UP for). And that's a reward unto itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachwoodskinfan Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Who wants to pass the hat around? Icant afford the hat to pass around let alone any money to put in it that would make a difference to Cooley I hope we sign him to a NICE multi-year deal, especially after his breakout game this week against the seahags HTTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebornempowered Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 I think the Skins are in a great position with Cooley. He play a relatively unique position and so if the offer is fair for a future contract he will probably stay because no other teams will utilize him the same way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addicted2Skins Posted January 10, 2006 Author Share Posted January 10, 2006 Chris Cooley's numbers look like this:Drafted third round, No. 81 overall. Signing bonus: $655,000. Base salaries: $230,000 (2004); $305,000 (2005); $385,000 (2006); $460,000 (2007). Total: four years, $2,035,000. Salary cap charge: $366,750. Looks like he gets a free BMW and other perks from his commercials, so he's doing OK for 23-year old. Thanks for the break down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashburnskinsfan Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Don't think for a second Cooley doesn't know he's underpaid. I've heard him say he's paid lower than some veteran backups on the team who play minimally. Of course, he also knows his pay-day will come. I'm sure he anxiously awaits. Of course he's not making what a TE with his stats would make if he was a free agent. Given the season he's had, I'm sure Cooley's agent will be looking for a new contract AFTER the Skins win the Superbowl. Antonio Gates reportedly got $4M per year on his new deal, having played for $380k (and a signing bonus of $7k!) in his previous pro-bowl season. I'm sure Cooley's agent will argue that he is now up there with Franks/Shockey/Gonzales/Crumpler and deserves that kind of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkNC Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Cooley represents a personal case that will be interesting to see how the Redskins front office deals with. Will we see our front office change its ways and start offering young talanted players a nice pay raise prior to the end of their contract in order to keep them on the squad? Or will we continue to let the contracts expire and then have the free market decide the value of the player. I hope we do see a shift in this approach to player retention from our front office. Not so much in the stars, but in the quality players that you hope to make up the bulk of your roster. Continuity does make a tremendous difference in a team and this is a great way to achieve it. Lock up your young guns and emerging players before they reach the open market and before they reach their highest value. While you lose a year of ' bargin basement' player value, what you should get is continuity that over the term of the deal is friendly. The Eagles (until last year) approached player contracts this way and the Patriots are a good example as well. Cooley is a great test case for the Skins. Looking at the roster there are about 6 young guys that should be targeted for long term deals. Franlkly, I would prefer this offseason to be about taking care of our own players and forgo the big name signing. There will be a player or two out there that are tempting, but I think the biggest overall bang for the bucks we have would be spent on keeping the guys we already have in the locker room around for years to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HittinSkinz Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 he will have a big pay day soon..the way he is playing.... that H-back position is no joke.. and he has mastered it in 2 years..... But that could also be a double edge sword because not all teams use the h-back hence he cant command a lot of money in the open market Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dccat Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Hey, I thought the league minimum was $340,000 and I heard on Terry Bradshaw's most bang for your buck Cooley makes $305,000. Is this true? What's the league min.? Wow, He must make the same or less than Frost! That ain't right. Cooley deserves a raise!:helmet: #47 If he can learn to hold on to the ball , He'll probably get more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo-toni Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Kirk is right - we should offer Cooley a new long term deal in February! He'll be considerably cheaper then if we wait 2 more years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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