Eric Fisher has signed

[Rams Fan]

The first overall pick was one of the last first-round picks to agree to terms. But it’s better late than never, especially when it’s not really late.

Per a league source, the Chiefs and tackle Eric Fisher have struck a deal.

We’re told he’s heading to camp, where he will sign the contract and then participate in the team’s first training-camp practice.

The deal is expected to include offset language, but the term is likewise expected to be offset with other benefits for Fisher. More to come on the details later.


http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/07/26/chiefs-fisher-agree-to-terms/

[DaFace]

:clap:

[ptlyon]

W00t W00t.

Carry my helmet, rookie.

[DeezNutz]

Slotting system sure takes a lot of the drama out of things, which is nice.

[crossbow]

King Carl never could get 1st rounds into training camp. Every GM we have had since him has been able to get it done.

[lcarus]

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[RealSNR]

Championship.

[DaFace]

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18lroax6o867tgif/ku-xlarge.gif

I almost wrote "True fan gif in 3, 2, 1..." as my first post.

[unlurking]

Did we ever find out who the guy with crossed arms is? Love the "tempered" reaction.

[Frazod]

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18lroax6o867tgif/ku-xlarge.gif

LMAO

[lcarus]

I almost wrote "True fan gif in 3, 2, 1..." as my first post.

It was my first real opportunity to post the gif. Seemed like the appropriate time.

[RealSNR]

Did we ever find out who the guy with crossed arms is? Love the "tempered" reaction.

That guy is all of us. He lives in our hearts.

[mdchiefsfan]

King Carl never could get 1st rounds into training camp. Every GM we have had since him has been able to get it done.

quite a bit has changed in the CBA since Carl was our GM.

[gblowfish]

Alex Smith just JIMPed.

[In58men]

5 year deal of course

[saphojunkie]

Sometimes I think the truefan gif is worth not having Geno. I'm sure him winning ROY will change that.

[Radar Chief]

W00t W00t.

Carry my helmet, rookie.

I wonder if Albert will duct tape him to the goal post.

[DeezNutz]

Alex Smith just JIMPed.

Congrats! That's far more memorable than an autograph.

[lcarus]

Sometimes I think the truefan gif is worth not having Geno. I'm sure him winning ROY will change that.

I think the Jets are gonna implode on a massive scale and Geno will sink with the ship. But the truefan gif will be awesome forever.

[Mr. Laz]

who cares, he's just a stupid Olinemen

[Radar Chief]

Did we ever find out who the guy with crossed arms is? Love the "tempered" reaction.

who cares, he's just a stupid Olinemen

:hmmm:

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Yeah , but we just cut Marty Gilyard so it's a wash.

[ptlyon]

who cares, he's just a stupid Olinemen

But he's our lineman. Our first #1 pick lineman.

[KCUnited]

Can't wait to watch this guy road grading on Sundays!

[Ace Gunner]

he's not a good run blocker, much better pass blocker. but he'll get that part and he's got the right shape to become a road grater.

[DeezNutz]

Can't wait to watch this guy road grading on Sundays!

He's already tweeted that Kansas has the edge over Missouri. FYI.

[Fat Elvis]

Sometimes I think the truefan gif is worth not having Geno. I'm sure him winning ROY will change that. a 2-14 season.

FYP

[lcarus]

He's already tweeted that Kansas has the edge over Missouri. FYI.

Doesnt take a genius to figure that one out

[BlackHelicopters]

To the Watchtower!

[Radar Chief]

He's already tweeted that Kansas has the edge over Missouri. FYI.

I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas, sunshine, sunflowers, and sons-of-bitches. /Josey Wales

[saphojunkie]

:hmmm:

LMAOLMAOLMAOLMAO

For real my coworkers just heard me chortle.

[KCUnited]

He's already tweeted that Kansas has the edge over Missouri. FYI.

Thankfully we got him out by I-70.

[big nasty kcnut]

To the ship's
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[saphojunkie]

I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas, sunshine, sunflowers, and sons-of-bitches. /Josey Wales

I'll be dead in the cold, cold grave before I recognize Mizzourah. /Grandpa Simpson

[MahiMike]

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18lroax6o867tgif/ku-xlarge.gif

Chiefs fans are so funny looking. We need to hire some 49er or Bucs fans (read strippers) to wear our gear and cheer.

[lcarus]

Chiefs fans are so funny looking. We need to hire some 49er or Bucs fans (read strippers) to wear our gear and cheer.

It was a horrid depiction of our true fans, but sadly...accurate.

[acesn8s]

About time

[Bootlegged]

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[TribalElder]

It will suck if he ends up not being any good

[SuperChief]

It will suck if he ends up not being any good

Not sure if srs?

[Chiefaholic]

It was a horrid depiction of our true fans, but sadly...accurate.

I've been to a couple draft parties at Arrowhead several years ago. That reaction has to be staged.

[Mr. Laz]

:hmmm:
not quite that old ... :D

[keg in kc]

Thank god, a backup at right tackle was a terrifying thought.

[FlaChief58]

.

[Fire Me Boy!]

Alex Smith just JIMPed.

Shouldn't this be JedIMP?

[Fire Me Boy!]

To the ship's
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To the ship's what?!?!

[Ming the Merciless]

to the shipppp!!!!!!!!!


fuck yah


we got this bros

[Sofa King]

I almost wrote "True fan gif in 3, 2, 1..." as my first post.

You should have. Your first post kinda sucked.

[Sofa King]

.

LMAO

[Bwana]

Sweet!

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee47/tallwaters_photos/wtf.gif (http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee47/tallwaters_photos/wtf.gif#midget%20clown%20gif)

[DaFace]

You should have. Your first post kinda sucked.

:sulk:

[Frazod]

Sweet!

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee47/tallwaters_photos/wtf.gif (http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee47/tallwaters_photos/wtf.gif#midget%20clown%20gif)

This never fails to deeply disturb me.

[Joe_Camel]

No. 1 overall pick Eric Fisher and the Kansas City Chiefs have agreed to terms on a five-year contract, a league source tells ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.

Fisher's deal is for $22.2 million and includes a $14.5 million bonus, sources tell ESPN's Andrew Brandt.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/9511364/eric-fisher-no-1-overall-pick-kansas-city-chiefs-agrees-deal-source

[patteeu]

Yeah , but we just cut Marty Gilyard so it's a wash.

What is the deal with Mardy Gilyard?

Rams: Drafted at top of 4th round, released at final cutdown.

Jets: Signed Sept 4, 2011, released 5 days later.

Eagles: Signed in off-season, released August 31st.

Eagles: Signed Sept. 11, 2012, released 2 months later on Nov. 23rd.

Jets: Signed Nov. 28th, 2012, waived less than a month later on Dec. 24th 2012.

Chiefs: Signed during off season, released before training camp.

On the one hand, the guy never lasts anywhere very long as if he's a monumental fuckup. But on the other hand, both the Jets and the Eagles brought him back for a second time.

[BlackHelicopters]

I just cannot believe we will all be in NYC in early February.

[Chief_For_Life58]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/07/26/chiefs-fisher-agree-to-terms/

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lziijgeFR21r0llj0o1_500.gif

[Chest Rockwell]

Did we ever find out who the guy with crossed arms is? Love the "tempered" reaction.

I also want to know who the chick behind grandpa zero-fucks-given doing the overhead clap and tossing ghost blowjays like it's trailer park easter is.

For purely documentary reasons, of course.

[Bwana]

This never fails to deeply disturb me.

Wait until Otter sees it. Chances of him sleeping tonight, near zero.

[Mav]

Good for the Chiefs. Distraction gone. Now they can get to business. Make that fat fuck carry alexs pads.

[bevischief]

Wait until Otter sees it. Chances of him sleeping tonight, near zero.

LMAO

[Mr. Laz]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lziijgeFR21r0llj0o1_500.gifthat is so wrong

[Chief_For_Life58]

that is so wrong

lol what?

shes just stoked we signed the big Fish

[Mr. Laz]

lol what?

shes just stoked we signed the big Fish

http://thecarouselpodcast.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/to-catch-a-predator.jpg

[Fairplay]

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18lroax6o867tgif/ku-xlarge.gif




The lady on the far right has her head tilted permanently me thinks.

[Chief_For_Life58]

the guy jumping in the back right is the best lol

[Chief Roundup]

that is so wrong

The parents that do this to their kids should be beaten. I hate that kind of stuff as well.

[Bowser]

Big money rookie getting to camp = everyone eats at 54th Street tonight!

[Imon Yourside]

No talk about how you have to be a tough sonofabitch negotiator?

[Rasputin]

Well see what B Alberts gets now for long term contract as LT. We got our RTotf set.

[Chief_For_Life58]

Well see what B Alberts gets now for long term contract as LT. We got our RTotf set.

you mean we got our LTotF set?

[Fairplay]

:hmmm:



I'm still laughing at your comment Radar Chief, heh.

[patteeu]

Well see what B Alberts gets now for long term contract as LT. We got our RTotf set.

Branden Albert is a short timer now.

[Mizzou_8541]

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18lroax6o867tgif/ku-xlarge.gif

It never gets old. Lol.

[Radar Chief]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lziijgeFR21r0llj0o1_500.gif

http://i39.tinypic.com/11jm9u8.gif

[O.city]

Unles Albert sets the world on fire (even then not sure it matters) he's gone. Move Fisher to LT, Stephenson to RT and you have a good young cheap OL.

Take the money Albert wants or will command and extend Houston, go get a FA WR or DL next year.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

This guy better Pro Bowl eleventy times.

[Mav]

Unles Albert sets the world on fire (even then not sure it matters) he's gone. Move Fisher to LT, Stephenson to RT and you have a good young cheap OL.

Take the money Albert wants or will command and extend Houston, go get a FA WR or DL next year.

Or Jay Cutler.......

[Rausch]

Good for the Chiefs. Distraction gone. Now they can get to business. Make that fat **** carry alexs pads.

This...

[chiefs1111]

To the Buffet

[-King-]

Fisher will catch $10 million within five days
Posted by Mike Florio on July 26, 2013, 3:02 PM EDT


In the end, the first pick in the 2013 draft cried uncle on the issue of offsets. In exchange, he’s getting a ton of money up front.

Per a league source with knowledge of the deal, Eric Fisher will receiver $10 million in the next five days from the Chiefs under the contract he signed within the past hour.

(Only George Clooney can get $10 million faster than that.)

Not many teams have a habit of turning over that much cash that quickly. Sure, players “earn” their signing bonuses upon signing the contracts. But it’s one thing to sign the paper and quite another thing to collect it.

The $10 million to be paid in five days is part of a $14.518 million signing bonus. The rest of the money will be paid in full by February 15, 2014.

Fisher also has minimum base salaries ($405,000 in 2013, $495,000 in 2014, $585,000 in 2015, and $675,000 in 2016) along with training-camp roster bonuses of $918,659 in 2014, $1,837,318 in 2015, and $2,755,977 in 2016.

The deal is fully guaranteed for injury, skill, and salary cap. And while it includes offset language, first-round offensive linemen rarely if ever are cut within four years. (Even Tony Mandarich, the biggest offensive lineman bust in league history, made it three years with the Packers.)

So Fisher traded a term that most likely will be irrelevant for him in exchange for $10 million now, $4.518 million soon, and the ability to double dip in the highly unlikely event he gets cut at some point between the start of training camp and the start of a regular season.

[ptlyon]

Bam. Instant millionaire & never played a down.

[ptlyon]

"Can I get off of practice early coach? I have to go car shopping."

[GordonGekko]

Bam. Instant millionaire & never played a down.

I wonder what the dudes that played in the league in the 1950's - 70's think about this kind of shit?

This is what is wrong with the NFL, you get paid on potential, "potential," and not on your production.

Every draft pick should make league minimum, with the bonus amount received dependent upon where you went in the draft, pick #1 gets a much beefier bonus than pick #100 and so forth.

[GordonGekko]

Good for the Chiefs. Distraction gone. Now they can get to business. Make that fat **** carry alexs pads.

How about carry the pads of a Chief that has been actually CHIEF and not some FA piss ant, like Jamaal Charles? Get over Alex Smith, he has done nothing for this organization yet except take money.

Smith is just like Fisher in my opinion, Smith should be carrying JC's pads, too.

[Tombstone RJ]

Fisher will catch $10 million within five days
Posted by Mike Florio on July 26, 2013, 3:02 PM EDT


In the end, the first pick in the 2013 draft cried uncle on the issue of offsets. In exchange, he’s getting a ton of money up front.

Per a league source with knowledge of the deal, Eric Fisher will receiver $10 million in the next five days from the Chiefs under the contract he signed within the past hour.

(Only George Clooney can get $10 million faster than that.)

Not many teams have a habit of turning over that much cash that quickly. Sure, players “earn” their signing bonuses upon signing the contracts. But it’s one thing to sign the paper and quite another thing to collect it.

The $10 million to be paid in five days is part of a $14.518 million signing bonus. The rest of the money will be paid in full by February 15, 2014.

Fisher also has minimum base salaries ($405,000 in 2013, $495,000 in 2014, $585,000 in 2015, and $675,000 in 2016) along with training-camp roster bonuses of $918,659 in 2014, $1,837,318 in 2015, and $2,755,977 in 2016.

The deal is fully guaranteed for injury, skill, and salary cap. And while it includes offset language, first-round offensive linemen rarely if ever are cut within four years. (Even Tony Mandarich, the biggest offensive lineman bust in league history, made it three years with the Packers.)

So Fisher traded a term that most likely will be irrelevant for him in exchange for $10 million now, $4.518 million soon, and the ability to double dip in the highly unlikely event he gets cut at some point between the start of training camp and the start of a regular season.

What if he gets injured and can't play and misses significant time due to recovering? What if he gets multiple injuries in the first 4 years?

[ptlyon]

How about carry the pads of a Chief that has been actually CHIEF and not some FA piss ant, like Jamaal Charles? Get over Alex Smith, he has done nothing for this organization yet except take money.

Smith is just like Fisher in my opinion, Smith should be carrying JC's pads, too.

Damn. Hard core.

[ptlyon]

What if he gets injured and can't play and misses significant time due to recovering? What if he gets multiple injuries in the first 4 years?

He'd better get AFLAC

[mcaj22]

that's a weird contract

is he (Fisher) afraid he might be a bust himself so he wants his money now? lol

[Dante84]

Damn. How'd you like to go to an atm and withdraw $20 just to look at the receipt for your account?

[ptlyon]

Damn. How'd you like to go to an atm and withdraw $20 just to look at the receipt for your account?

$9,999,980.00

[Halfcan]

10 mil in 5 days. Clark is cashing in his savings bonds.

This kid is awesome- making them pay him like he is the #1 pick. Rookie RT cashing a 10 mil check with 5 mil more in Feb-lol I am sure he will be worth every penney.

[ptlyon]

$9,999,978.50

Wait, forgot the $1.50 transaction fee

[Mr. Laz]

early on, dorsey seems to get abused

[patteeu]

early on, dorsey seems to get abused

How so? He got the offset language he wanted.

[OrtonsPiercedTaint]

I bet Albert has nicer boobs.

[Fire Me Boy!]

Wait, forgot the $1.50 transaction fee

You don't get to be a multimillionaire by going to non-home bank ATM. :shake:

[Mr. Laz]

How so? He got the offset language he wanted.
but gave most of the money up so early that the offset language isn't needed.

[Anyong Bluth]

How so? He got the offset language he wanted.

Ya, a lot of burnt frustrations carried over from Pioli era it looks like.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Lil Chefy just printed off the contract numbers and used em to send a load into orbit.

[JoeyChuckles]

So do first round draft picks have to spend the entire summer as poor college students and then become millionaires in the matter of minutes? It would be hard to hold out this long on that rookie contract, even though you know it's coming.

[kaplin42]

Congrats! That's far more memorable than an autograph.

I was thinking this. How special for blowfish to have that close of a relationship with our QB, should make the "Ten Things..." posts pretty special this year.

[Easy 6]

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Thats pretty sweet, looks like he might be a bit weak against a good bull rush, but other than that dudes very quick.

[RealSNR]

I'm pretty sure this language for Fisher getting all this money immediately is a ploy for him to get Albert out the door. He'll go to collect his check and will be like, "That'll be 1 billion pennies, please." Then he'll show all the money to Albert just to piss him off until Albert says, "No fucking way I'm coming back to this shit show next year."

Before you know it, Fisher gets his starting LT job that he wanted.

[gblowfish]

I was thinking this. How special for blowfish to have that close of a relationship with our QB, should make the "Ten Things..." posts pretty special this year.

Well, nothing a good roll of paper towels won't handle....

[themanwithnoname]

So do first round draft picks have to spend the entire summer as poor college students and then become millionaires in the matter of minutes? It would be hard to hold out this long on that rookie contract, even though you know it's coming.

They probably get advances and/or loans.

[BossChief]

I wonder what the dudes that played in the league in the 1950's - 70's think about this kind of shit?

This is what is wrong with the NFL, you get paid on potential, "potential," and not on your production.

Every draft pick should make league minimum, with the bonus amount received dependent upon where you went in the draft, pick #1 gets a much beefier bonus than pick #100 and so forth.

Ummmm

That's actually pretty damn close to how it does work.

Without Eric Fishers signing bonus, His deal is only 5 years 7.7 million.

[SAUTO]

Ummmm

That's actually pretty damn close to how it does work.

Without Eric Fishers signing bonus, His deal is only 5 years 7.7 million.
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[aturnis]

@AdamSchefter: With no state taxes in Florida, No. 2 pick Luke Joeckel will make $284K more than No. 1 pick Eric Fisher, via @SportsTaxMan.

[aturnis]

I also want to know who the chick behind grandpa zero-****s-given doing the overhead clap and tossing ghost blowjays like it's trailer park easter is.

For purely documentary reasons, of course.

Post more.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Lil Chefy just printed off the contract numbers and used em to send a load into orbit.

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m176/hip_n/th_AwYeah.gif

[Psyko Tek]

That guy is all of us. He lives in our hearts.

can we get him into the banner?
well him an fisty mctat