THE STEELERS TROY POLAMALU AND THE VIKINGS ADRIAN PETERSON AGREE ON CONTRACT EXTENSIONS.
TROY POLAMALU, 2010 DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR, SIGNED A $36.5 4-YEAR DEAL MAKING POLAMALU THE HIGHEST PAY NFL SAFETY. POLAMALU CONTRACT INCLUDES A $10.55M SIGNING BONUS.
POLAMALU RELEASED THE FOLLOWING ON TWITTER, “I AM HAPPY TO SAY I WILL RETIRE A PITTSBURGH STEELER.”
THE STEELERS SIGNED 5 KEY PLAYERS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TRAIN CAMP. IKE TAYLOR (CB), WILLIE COLON (OF), LaMARR WOODLEY (OLB) AND LAWRENCE TIMMONS (ILB) ALL HAVE NEW CONTRACTS.
ADRIAN PETERSON (A.D. “ALL DAY”) SIGNED A $100 M DEAL OVER 7 YEARS, $36M GUARANTEED, MAKING HIM THE HIGHEST PAID RUNNING BACK IN NFL HISTORY. A.D. WAS 2007 OFFENSIVE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR, 4-TIME PRO BOWLER AND MVP PRO BOWLER, BEGUN THE FINAL YEAR OF HIS ROOKIE $10.72M SALARY.
A.D. WAS VOTED THE #1 RUNNING BACK AND THE #3 OVERALL PLAYER ON THE NFL TOP 100 PLAYERS LIST. THE NFL TOP 100 LIST ARE THE NFL PLAYERS EXCLUSIVE SELECTIONS.
THE VIKINGS ALSO SIGNED CHAD GREENWAY TO A 5 YEAR $41M DEAL, $20M GUARANTEED LAST WEEK.