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UPDATE: Additional numbers on club option for Andre Smith; Maximum deal is for six seasons worth $42 million with $29.5 million guaranteed

Contract details for Andre Smith are beginning to emerge. Joe Reedy tweets that the deal is four years worth "$26M with $21M guaranteed. There is an option after 2010 that would push the deal to $42M over 6 yrs. Max: $50M"

From all appearances, the pay is less than expected. However, if you factor in that Smith's deal is only four years -- he's the only first round draft pick to sign a four-year deal -- the contract is in-line with the slotting system when talking about guaranteed money.

Draft Pick Year Guaranteed
Matt Stafford Six $6.95 million
Jason Smith Five $6.6 million
Tyson Jackson Five $6.2 million
Aaron Curry Six $5.67 million
Mark Sanchez Five $5.6 million
Andre Smith Four $5.25 million
Darrius Heyward-Bey Five $4.6 million
Eugene Monroe Five $3.85 million
B.J. Raji Five $3.54

Now it appears that there's a ton of money tied up the club option, which we think was the compromise that made Keels satisfied, while giving the Bengals the power to exercise the use of that money. If Smith hits his maximum $50 million, which we presume will include the club option fifth year, he'll get $10 million a year. That's still below Darrius Heyward-Bey's $54 maximum. But now we're just being picky. He's in camp. What else could we ask for?

UPDATE: I need to remind everyone that the specifics of the deal is still rolling in. We posted what Reedy posted above, however, there's seems to be more details. The overall four-year deal worth $26 million and $21 million guaranteed is accurate. However, Adam Schefter writes, the club option is for two seasons, which would, basically, make it a six-year deal for $42 million with $29.5 million guaranteed. The guaranteed money is still worth more than Darrius Heyward-Bey's deal, averaging out to $4.917 million a year.

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How he’ll be received in camp this week. I’m sure Hard Knocks will have plenty of fun with it.

by IFChris on Aug 30, 2009 4:26 PM EDT reply actions  

Can't wait for Hard Knocks

Remember when a lot of us were worried about Hard Knocks being a distraction? Aren’t we all glad we have the privilege of being featured on it now? It’s made the off-season/pre-season much more exciting for this Bengals fan.

by WhoDeyDerek on Aug 30, 2009 4:29 PM EDT reply actions  

Great… what is it with the Bungles and pissing off their draft picks so they can’t wait to get out of town? After pissing them off in contract negotiations, they finally get them into camp by giving them a short contract, pushing them in a “just get it over with, then you can go to a real team” mentality before they even meet their teammates. Brilliant!

by indesignkat on Aug 30, 2009 11:44 PM EDT reply actions  

How can it take the Brown family so long to finally get a deal that pays the man where he is slotted. Can’t they be like other teams and figure out a way to do this a little quicker?

I means, this IS their job. It’s not like they have a day-job and are just running the team on the side – although sometimes it sure feels that way :-)

by ephram on Aug 31, 2009 8:19 PM EDT reply actions  

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