Richard Sherman: Four
The Seattle Seahawks' identity is the talented, physical secondary that led the way to the franchise's first Super Bowl title in February. That identity now is preserved through 2018.
Little more than a week after making Earl Thomas the NFL's highest-paid safety, the Seahawks agreed to a lucrative extension with cornerback Richard Sherman on Wednesday.
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Sherman confirmed he'd signed the deal on his personal website, writing the deal is four years, $57.4 million - which would be a $14.35 million average in new money - shortly after telling USA TODAY Sports the deal was 'pretty close to being done.' He says $40 million is guaranteed.
If those numbers are tacked onto the one year and $1.431 million Sherman had left on his rookie deal, the total would be five years and $58.831 million - an $11.766 million average per year that surpasses Brandon Carr's $10.02 million for most among cornerbacks on multiyear deals.
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Sherman's rookie contract was four years and a little more than $3 million.
'It'd be great (having) a little bit of security,' Sherman told USA TODAY Sports before the deal was announced. 'Being a fifth-round pick, you never have financial security. Despite what people think, everybody makes a billion dollars as soon as they come in the NFL, it's really not that way.
'It'd be great to keep that off my mind and just be able to focus on playing football and helping my team try to win another Super Bowl.'
Darrelle Revis' old deal with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers averaged $16 million a year, but they cut him after one season. His contract with the New England Patriots is in essence a one-year, $12 million pact.
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Thomas' deal tacked four years and $40 million onto the remaining one year at $4.725 million he had on his rookie deal and Sherman's contract, if the terms he reported himself are correct, far surpassed that.
'Money talks,' Sherman told USA TODAY Sports. 'That's why the best quarterbacks are paid the highest, that's why the best d-linemen are paid the highest, best receivers are paid the highest - because they've worked hard.'
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