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Originally Posted by Stealersrule
Need to sign Jamal first
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My how quick things turn around. Jamal signed with the Ravens for 25 mil
LEWIS CONTRACT REALLY A ONE-YEAR DEAL
A league source tells us that the three-year deal to which running back Jamal Lewis has agreed in Baltimore is really a one-year deal, given the presence of a sizeable option bonus due in 2007.
As a practical matter, then, it's a one-year, $6 million deal. He gets $5 million to sign and a $1 million base salary for 2006.
Absent a monster year, we're told that the team won't be picking up the option for 2007 and 2008.
POSTED 11:30 a.m. EST, March 13, 2006
RAVENS TO RE-SIGN LEWIS
Adam Schefter of the NFL Network reports that the Baltimore Ravens have reached an agreement with running back Jamal Lewis on a three-year deal worth $25 million.
The deal will be announced later in the day.
On Saturday, Lewis's backup, Chester Taylor, signed with the Vikings. On Sunday, a possible alternative to Lewis, Edgerrin James, agreed to a deal with the Cardinals.
The move comes as a surprise to some, including whoever at
The Associated Press wrote that
Lewis had been replaced by the Sunday night acquisition of Mike Anderson.
We also wonder whether there will be any lingering tension between Lewis and coach Brian Billick, in light of the following comments that Lewis made last month: "We really didn't bump heads, but I've always played for coaches who shoot the truth.
I want the truth and didn't get it here."
Then again, $25 million at a time when no one else is interested goes a long way toward compensating for the lack of truth.
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