Raiders gave Trent Richardson $600,000 guaranteed
Trent Richardson did OK for himself on his contract with the Raiders.
Richardson signed a two-year, $3.45 million contract with $600,000 guaranteed and a maximum value of up to $3.85 million, according to Adam Caplan of ESPN.
On the one hand, that’s a paltry contract for a guy who just three years ago was viewed as the best running back prospect to enter the NFL draft in years. That Richardson can get only $600,000 guaranteed shows how far he’s fallen.
But even $600,000 is more than a lot of people thought Richardson would get. Richardson was nothing short of awful during his two years with the Colts. He looked like a player who’d be lucky ever to play another down in the NFL. That the Raiders gave him a guarantee of $600,000 indicates that they absolutely expect him to make the team, and that they liked him enough that they wanted to get him signed right away, rather than risking another team spending more to get him.
Meanwhile, Richardson has a grievance pending against the Colts over whether they’re required to pay him the $3.1 million he’s still guaranteed on his rookie contract, a contract the Colts inherited when they traded a first-round pick to Cleveland to acquire Richardson. The Colts say Richardson is no longer entitled to that money because he was suspended for failing to show up to work; Richardson is arguing that he had a valid reason to miss practice when his pregnant girlfriend had a health scare.
If Richardson wins that grievance, the Colts will be paying him almost as much this year not to play for them as the Raiders are going to pay him for the next two years to play for them.
Trent Richardson did OK for himself on his contract with the Raiders.
Richardson signed a two-year, $3.45 million contract with $600,000 guaranteed and a maximum value of up to $3.85 million, according to Adam Caplan of ESPN.
On the one hand, that’s a paltry contract for a guy who just three years ago was viewed as the best running back prospect to enter the NFL draft in years. That Richardson can get only $600,000 guaranteed shows how far he’s fallen.
But even $600,000 is more than a lot of people thought Richardson would get. Richardson was nothing short of awful during his two years with the Colts. He looked like a player who’d be lucky ever to play another down in the NFL. That the Raiders gave him a guarantee of $600,000 indicates that they absolutely expect him to make the team, and that they liked him enough that they wanted to get him signed right away, rather than risking another team spending more to get him.
Meanwhile, Richardson has a grievance pending against the Colts over whether they’re required to pay him the $3.1 million he’s still guaranteed on his rookie contract, a contract the Colts inherited when they traded a first-round pick to Cleveland to acquire Richardson. The Colts say Richardson is no longer entitled to that money because he was suspended for failing to show up to work; Richardson is arguing that he had a valid reason to miss practice when his pregnant girlfriend had a health scare.
If Richardson wins that grievance, the Colts will be paying him almost as much this year not to play for them as the Raiders are going to pay him for the next two years to play for them.
