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Bears finalizing deal with Mark SanchezBears to sign QB Mark Sanchez on one-year deal
By: Lorin Cox | 2 hours ago
The quarterback position in Chicago is in the middle of a transformation, for better or worse, as Ryan Pace continues to add new faces to the mix under center. The Bears are finalizing a deal with free agent Mark Sanchez after bringing him in for a visit, NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport revealed Thursday night.
Sanchez spent the 2016 season with the Dallas Cowboys, helping to aid in the development of their rookie quarterback, Dak Prescott, throughout the season along with Tony Romo in the QB room.
The 30-year-old former first-round pick only attempted 109 passes over six games in the last two seasons. He’s currently sitting at a career completion percentage of 56.7 with the dreaded 1:1 touchdown-to-interception ratio.
Sanchez played in Dallas on only a one-year, $2 million contract, so it’s hard to imagine him earning much more than that, if at all, in Chicago as purely a backup option to Mike Glennon.
Connor Shaw was the only other quarterback under contract, so it’s not too surprising that Pace wanted to add someone with some experience on the depth chart, especially if he plans to add a rookie to the equation in the NFL draft.
EJ Manuel takes $800,000 salary with nothing guaranteed
Posted by Michael David Smith on March 22, 2017, 9:38 AM EDT
AP
In another reminder that there’s really no such thing as a middle class in the NFL quarterback market, EJ Manuel has signed a decidedly lower-class contract with the Raiders.
Manuel signed for one year, with an $800,000 salary and nothing guaranteed, according to Mike Garafolo of NFL Network.
Compare Manuel to Mike Glennon. Both were chosen in the 2013 NFL draft. Both started as rookies but have been backups more recently. Their stats are fairly similar, with Glennon’s just a little bit better: Glennon has a career passer rating of 84.6 in 18 career starts, while Manuel has a career passer rating of 77.5 in 17 career starts.
But being “just a little bit better” is, for an NFL quarterback, worth tens of millions of dollars. Glennon signed with the Bears for a three-year, $45 million contract with $18.5 million fully guaranteed at signing.
That’s because there’s not a middle class in the NFL: If a team is signing you to be its starter, as the Bears did with Glennon, that team is going to make you fabulously wealthy. If a team is signing you to be its backup, you’re going to have to settle for something close to the league minimum. That’s life for an NFL quarterback.
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