Report: Carr to get $125M extension
Chiefs commit to coach Reid, but part ways with GM
ALAMEDA, Calif. — Raiders quarterback Derek Carr finalized a fiveyear contract extension Thursday that will keep him with the team through the 2022 season.
Carr tweeted that an agreement had been reached to add five years to his current rookie deal that expires after this season. The contract will be worth $125 million, according to a person familiar with the deal who spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity because terms were not released. NFL Network first reported the terms of the contract.
The Raiders are counting on Carr to be the face of the franchise when it moves to Las Vegas for the 2020 season and are paying him that way. The $25 million per year in new money is the richest contract ever in the NFL, beating out the $24.8 million a year Andrew Luck got from Indianapolis.
Both sides had expressed a strong interest in signing a long-term deal with Carr, who was scheduled to enter the final year of his rookie contract. Carr had imposed a deadline of the start of training camp in late July.
Carr has transformed the Raiders from a perennial loser into a contender after being drafted in the second round in 2014. He was part of a stellar draft class led by AP Defensive Player of the Year Khalil Mack and thirdround guard Gabe Jackson, who have been key to Oakland’s turnaround.
He lost his first 10 starts as a rookie before winning seven games his second year and taking the Raiders to the playoffs in 2016 with a 12-4 record. Carr missed the final game of that season and the playoff loss to Houston with a broken leg.
But he’s healed now and a major reason why the Raiders are the preseason favorites to win the AFC West and contenders to dethrone the New England Patriots as the top team in the conference.
Carr has thrown for 11,194 yards in his first three seasons and ranks fourth all-time with 81 touchdown passes through three years, trailing only Dan Marino, Luck and Peyton Manning. He has shown dramatic improvement each season in his career after an up-and-down rookie campaign when he threw 21 TD passes, but averaged only 5.5 yards per attempt.
Carr’s best season came in 2016 when he led seven fourth-quarter comebacks while completing a careerhigh 63.8 percent of his passes. He threw for 3,937 yards with 28 touchdowns and only six interceptions in just 15 games.
CHIEFS: Andy Reid and John Dorsey arrived in Kansas City within weeks of each other, the coach and general manager given the massive undertaking of turning around a 2-14 franchise.
Reid will head into Year 5 by himself. The Chiefs announced Thursday they had signed their coach to a contract extension, and then revealed less than an hour later that they parted ways with their GM. Those were massive decisions handed down by chairman Clark Hunt in a pair of statements on what is typically a quiet week in the offseason.
“My family and I have been very pleased by the success the franchise has sustained over the last four seasons under Coach Reid,” Hunt said. “He has already established himself as one of the best coaches in the league, and he is well on his way to solidifying a place among the all-time greats.”
Dorsey arrived from Green Bay with a reputation for being a savvy scout, his track record working in the front office of the Packers seemingly impeccable. And over the past four seasons, he managed to turn a roster with a few big names but little depth into one of the strongest in the league.
Hunt did not say who will handle the GM duties on an interim basis.
GIANTS: The trial over a lawsuit that accuses quarterback Eli Manning of knowingly passing off unused helmets to be marketed and sold as game-used has been delayed indefinitely, according to a court filing.
A June 9 ruling by New Jersey’s Bergen County Superior Court Judge James J. DeLuca said the trial, originally scheduled to begin Sept. 25, has been delayed.
No new trial date was set and no reason was given for the delay.
The delay means that Manning’s deposition under oath, scheduled for Wednesday, won’t go on as planned. The judge’s ruling said all depositions will now take place between Aug. 1 and Sept. 30.
PATRIOTS: New England signed former New York Jets linebacker David Harris and released receiver DeAndrew White. Terms of Harris’ deal were not disclosed, but the Associated Press reported is a two-year pact that could be worth as much as $6.75 million.
Harris, a 2007 second-round pick from Michigan who has spent all 10 of his NFL seasons in New York, was released earlier this month by the Jets in a series of offseason moves to cut high-priced veterans. He was the franchise’s second-leading tackler.