The Baltimore Ravens have signed endbacker Terrell Suggs to a six-year, $63 million contract which will pay him $33.1 million in signing and option bonuses in 2009 and 2010, and $40 million overall in those two years. According to ESPN's John Clayton, this makes Suggs' deal the second-richest bonus haul ever, behind Peyton Manning's $34 million. Had Suggs not come to terms with the Ravens by 4:00 PM today, negotiations would have stopped for the season and Suggs would have played under a one-year franchise tender of $10.17 million.
PFT/NBC's Mike Florio breaks the deal down here [1].
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[1] http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/07/15/suggs-deal-better-than-haynesworths/