Report: Browns & CB Joe Haden Reach An Agreement A New Contract

 

Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk reports that the Browns and Pro Bowl CB Joe Haden have reached an agreement on a new contract that will keep him under team control though theĀ 2019 season.

  • According to Florio’s source, Haden receives aĀ $22 million fully guaranteed andĀ another $23 million guaranteed for injury in this new contract.
  • Florio mentions thatĀ the full guarantee and the amount guaranteed for injury bothĀ surpass the recentĀ contract signed byĀ Richard Sherman.

Haden’s contract will end up being a five-year deal worth over $68 million and $45 million “total guarantees.”

For someĀ perspective, Sherman’s contract came out to:Ā five years, $58.789 million total, $40 million guaranteed.

Reports had mentioned for months now that both sides wanted to have a deal in place before the start of the 2014 season. However, it appears as though they wanted to have an idea of what Sherman’s contract looked like before finalizing the details of the agreement.

Haden, 25, wasĀ entering the final year of his rookie contract and would have been without a doubt one of the best available players in next year’s free agent market. He would have made $6.678 million for the 2014 season.

Last year, Haden finished the 2013 season withĀ 54 tackles, fourĀ interceptions — one of which for a touchdown — and 20 pass defenses.

Pro Football Focus had him rated as the No. 18 cornerback in the league last season.

 

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