Finally, Maclin and the Eagles agree to 5-year deal.


The Philadelphia Eagles and the nineteenth overall selection, Jeremy Maclin, have finally come to terms on a 5-year deal.

Reportedly, the contract is worth $15.5 million with $9.5 million in guaranteed money.

This is a huge step for the Eagles, and more specifically Maclin. He has missed the installation of over 100 passing plays, and has a lot to catch up on. Not to mention tomorrow will be his very first day of an NFL training camp, so he'll be learning on the fly.

What he's doing right now is essential to be dropped right into the middle of an active battle zone, which needless to say, would be chaotic to say the least.

However the Eagles have faith that he can come in and make up for the nine days and 18 practices that he has missed. He's a smart kid who shouldn't have too much of a problem with it, although there will be some problems in the early going as he's buried on the depth chart at the moment.

With camp almost halfway over, he's got some time with the rest of camp and the preseason, but not much. It will be very interesting to see how he responds and where he winds up on the depth chart come September.

So on a day in which the Eagles get very bad news on the defensive side of the ball, they get very good news on the offensive side. I'm sure Andy Reid, and Donovan McNabb especially, are elated to have the young kid in camp.

Finally we'll get to see what he can do with the pads on.

The interesting thing will be to hear exactly what held up this deal.