The St Louis Rams are taking a gamble on Nick Foles, giving the former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback a two-year contract extension on Friday.
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Sources told ESPN that the deal is worth $24.5 million, giving Foles three years and $26 million when combined with the existing year.
Nick Foles finally got that contract extension that’s been talked about since last offseason.
Manning’s playing under a two-year, $34 million deal that will guarantee him $15 million.
Foles is an upgrade from injury prone Sam Bradford and gives the team a chance to compete for a playoff spot in this upcoming season. Coming off a collarbone damage that value him half the 2014 season, Foles wasn’t negotiating from a place of energy however nonetheless landed nearly $14 million in assured cash.
“He’s got it”, Fisher said earlier this week.
Nick Foles was happy when the Eagles traded him to the St. Louis Rams last March. He’s got Todd Gurley, who has the potential to be an elite running-back and is also backed by a defense that will certainly keep them in games.
But Rams coach Jeff Fisher was pleased with more than just getting his starting quarterback signed.
In 2013, Foles had one of the best statistical seasons in NFL history, throwing 27 touchdown passes and only two interceptions, and finishing the year with a passer rating of 119.2. But if a deal couldn’t be reached, he wasn’t going to let it affect his play. “I play for my teammates, I play for the people that support us, and my family. We wanted to get a deal done that was good for both sides”. “He can settle in, and now the players can rally around them and he can rally them and we’ll go on and win a lot of games”.
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“(It’s) just a good change-up and it was another training camp day and we got a lot of stuff”, Fisher said.
