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Report: Eric Weddle will sign with the Ravens
Posted by Mike Florio on March 14, 2016
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When it comes to free agents, the Ravens like them old and still productive.
Days after adding 35-year-old tight end Benjamin Watson, the Ravens reportedly will be signing former Chargers safety Eric Weddle.
Reports Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune, Weddle will be a Raven.
Per multiple reports, it’s a four-year, $26 million deal, with $13 million paid out in the first two years. That’s $6.5 million annually for Weddle.
That compares favorably to the five-year, $36 million contract signed by Jaguars safetyTashaun Gipson last week. He’ll also get $13 million in the first two years, with an average of $7.2 million.
The decision represents a quick whittling of the four options Weddle had on the table, given the news that he had a quartet of opportunities and that he planned to reduce the field to two without a counteroffer before negotiating with the finalists and picking a new team.
Weddle, 30, spent nine years with the Chargers before becoming a free agent last week. Acee reports that the other three interested teams were the Cowboys, Raiders, and Steelers.
Report: Eric Weddle will sign with the Ravens
Posted by Mike Florio on March 14, 2016
When it comes to free agents, the Ravens like them old and still productive.
Days after adding 35-year-old tight end Benjamin Watson, the Ravens reportedly will be signing former Chargers safety Eric Weddle.
Reports Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune, Weddle will be a Raven.
Per multiple reports, it’s a four-year, $26 million deal, with $13 million paid out in the first two years. That’s $6.5 million annually for Weddle.
That compares favorably to the five-year, $36 million contract signed by Jaguars safetyTashaun Gipson last week. He’ll also get $13 million in the first two years, with an average of $7.2 million.
The decision represents a quick whittling of the four options Weddle had on the table, given the news that he had a quartet of opportunities and that he planned to reduce the field to two without a counteroffer before negotiating with the finalists and picking a new team.
Weddle, 30, spent nine years with the Chargers before becoming a free agent last week. Acee reports that the other three interested teams were the Cowboys, Raiders, and Steelers.
