Eric Wright's tumultuous time with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers is over.
The Bucs announced Friday they have traded Wright to the San Francisco 49ers on Friday for a conditional 2014 draft pick. NFL.com's Ian Rapoport reported, via a source, it's a late-round pick.
It's a surprising move, but Wright's career has been heading in the wrong direction since he landed in Tampa, Fla. Signed to a ridiculously expensive five-year, $37.5 million contract in 2012, Wright was arrested for DUI and separately suspended for performance enhancing drugs.
Those infractions got the Buccaneers off the hook for Wright's previously guaranteed $7.75 million 2013 salary. Instead, he was forced to take a huge pay cut down to $1.5 million with incentives. The 49ers now inherit that contract.
The trade creates interesting fallout on both teams, especially the 49ers. Cornerback already was a crowded position in San Francisco with Tarrell Brown, Chris Culliver, Carlos Rogers, Nnamdi Asomugha and Perrish Cox, among others.
Rogers, 32, has been a stalwart for the team but has a huge salary-cap figure at $8.1 million. We mentioned Rogers as a potential cap casualty much earlier this offseason, and it's possible he could be on the roster bubble. Asomugha also has to wonder if he's a lock to make the team now.
In Tampa, the move looks like a vote of confidence for rookie Johnthan Banks and Darrelle Revis' health. The second-round pick should start opposite Revis.
You guys think he'll turn his career around in San Fran?
The Bucs announced Friday they have traded Wright to the San Francisco 49ers on Friday for a conditional 2014 draft pick. NFL.com's Ian Rapoport reported, via a source, it's a late-round pick.
It's a surprising move, but Wright's career has been heading in the wrong direction since he landed in Tampa, Fla. Signed to a ridiculously expensive five-year, $37.5 million contract in 2012, Wright was arrested for DUI and separately suspended for performance enhancing drugs.
Those infractions got the Buccaneers off the hook for Wright's previously guaranteed $7.75 million 2013 salary. Instead, he was forced to take a huge pay cut down to $1.5 million with incentives. The 49ers now inherit that contract.
The trade creates interesting fallout on both teams, especially the 49ers. Cornerback already was a crowded position in San Francisco with Tarrell Brown, Chris Culliver, Carlos Rogers, Nnamdi Asomugha and Perrish Cox, among others.
Rogers, 32, has been a stalwart for the team but has a huge salary-cap figure at $8.1 million. We mentioned Rogers as a potential cap casualty much earlier this offseason, and it's possible he could be on the roster bubble. Asomugha also has to wonder if he's a lock to make the team now.
In Tampa, the move looks like a vote of confidence for rookie Johnthan Banks and Darrelle Revis' health. The second-round pick should start opposite Revis.
You guys think he'll turn his career around in San Fran?
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