Eagles Sign LB Mychal Kendricks To A Four-Year, $29M Extension

August 24, 2015

Update:

The Eagles have already announced their agreement with ILB Mychal Kendricks.

#Eagles sign LB Mychal Kendricks to a 4-year extension, keeping him in Philadelphia through 2019. #FlyEaglesFly pic.twitter.com/3My6oum3UD

— Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) August 24, 2015

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Jay Glazer of FOX Sports first reported that the Eagles had signed LB Mychal Kendricks to an extension.

Adam Caplan of ESPN reports that the Eagles have agreed to a four-year extension with Kendricks worth $29 million and includes $16.4 million guaranteed.
The contract can increase up to $31.5 million and will pay him an annual salary of $7.25 million, according to Caplan.
Caplan mentions that this deal is very solid for Kendricks, who many expected to get around $6.5 million per year in his next contract.

Kendricks discussed his new extension with Josina Anderson.

“I had a talk with Chip (Kelly) just now and he’s ecstatic. We just talked about me being here for another four years, and what’s going to be expected. That’s playing good football. I understand it’s a business. I got raise, so they must feel I’ve been doing a good job. They want me to really enter into this season and take charge. I’m so excited. Let’s get it.”

Philadelphia elected to trade RB LeSean McCoy to the Bills in return for Kiko Alonso, which prompted a lot of speculation that Kendricks could be on the outs, especially with DeMeco Ryans on their roster as well.

However, Eagles HC Chip Kelly made it clear a few weeks ago that he wasn’t going anywhere.

“Mychal Kendricks is not going anywhere, I can tell you that right now,” Kelly said, via CSN Philly. “You can write that down in ink, not pencil. He’s not going anywhere.”

Kendricks, 24, had one year remaining on his four-year, $4.29 million rookie contract, which includes a base salary of $896,060 for the 2015.

In 2014, Kendricks appeared in 12 games and recorded 83 tackles, four sacks, three forced fumbles, and three pass defenses. Pro Football Focus has him rated as the No. 6 inside linebacker out of 60 qualifying players.