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Originally Posted by keg in kc
No, I'm actually looking at it from the franchise's standpoint. You reward the players who really deserve it in order to help yourselves with contracts and signings in the future.
Charles' extension was basically just moving around numbers on a pre-existing contract. That's not really related to this situation in any way. This is more like his 2010 contract.
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No, the chiefs didn't just move money around on Charles' contract.
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The new deal will add $18.1 million in new money to Charles' contract. The Chiefs running back signed a six-year, $28 million deal in 2010 that would have paid him $3.9 million in 2014. However, under the new deal, which runs through the 2017 season, Charles will pull in $8.3 million this season. Charles will earn about $5.1 million more than he was previously scheduled to make over the first two years.
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