From The Philadelphia Daily News…
PHILADELPHIA – There was a time when agents and teams never even talked about contracts for high first-round picks until well into June, if not July. Training camp holdouts were common; fans would be put through weeks of back and forth over this or that contract detail while a key rookie sat at home, falling behind his teammates.
But the 2011 Collective Bargaining Agreement blessedly put all that to rest. We knew even before Carson Wentz flew in from North Dakota on Thursday, May 12, and sat down with pen in hand that the No. 2 overall pick in the 2016 NFL draft would get the mandated $17 million-plus signing bonus (Spotrac estimated it at $17,600,973) in a four-year deal for a reported $26.68 million that would incur a cap charge of around $4.8 million this season (Spotrac says $4,850,243).
Wentz is under contract as the Eagles prepare to begin a three-day rookie minicamp Friday, May 13, as are all other Eagles draftees. They can concentrate on learning new systems and investing their cash.
