Is Brent Celek’s Contract Extension Too Much Too Soon?

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Published: December 3, 2009

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... that will keep him in Eagle green until 2016. The extension could be worth up to $33m and contains $10.5m in guaranteed money—quite a haul for a man making the league-minimum $460,000 this season."

When I first saw the above news on Tuesday, I was happy. In only his third NFL season, Celek has exploded onto the scene and become the weapon everyone thought he could be. Following in a long line of excellent Eagle tight ends like LJ Smith, Chad Lewis, and Keith Jackson, that’s high praise.

But then I sat on it for a couple days, and something dawned on me.

Didn’t the Eagles do this a couple years ago with a guy named Reggie Brown?

Okay, before you scratch your head, yes, I think Celek has a lot more long-term value than Brown. And even though Celek had a really bad game against the Redskins last Sunday, this has surely been in the works for a long time.

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