{"id":11511,"date":"2016-06-17T08:00:21","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T15:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spijue.wpengine.com\/news\/eagles-cox-calls-his-new-contract-mind-blowing\/"},"modified":"2016-06-17T08:00:21","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T15:00:21","slug":"eagles-cox-calls-his-new-contract-mind-blowing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/sports\/eagles-cox-calls-his-new-contract-mind-blowing\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagles’ Cox calls his new contract ‘mind-blowing’"},"content":{"rendered":"

PHILADELPHIA<\/strong> \u2014 Fletcher Cox is getting paid like the quarterbacks he tries to torment.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really mind-blowing when you\u2019re dealing with that much money,\u201d Cox said Thursday.<\/p>\n

The Philadelphia Eagles and Cox agreed on a contract extension Monday night. The Pro Bowl defensive tackle spoke to reporters after signing the richest deal ever given to a defensive player in terms of guaranteed money.<\/p>\n

A person familiar with the contract said the six-year extension is worth almost $103 million with $63 million guaranteed. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the team didn\u2019t release the figures.<\/p>\n

Eli Manning and Philip Rivers are the only players who got more guaranteed money. Each received $65 million. Buffalo\u2019s Marcell Dareus ($60 million) and Miami\u2019s Ndamukong Suh ($59.9) million are the defensive players right behind Cox.<\/p>\n

\u201cI (want) to continue to humble myself and continue to work at practice and be a leader the team needs me to be,\u201d Cox said. \u201cI got a ways to go. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve hit my ceiling yet. For me to be the player I want to be, it needs to start on the practice field. I have high expectations for myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cox was the 12th overall pick in the 2012 draft. He has 22 sacks, including a career high 9 1\/2 last season.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a great player and he\u2019s someone that we can build around on and off the field,\u201d said Howie Roseman, the team\u2019s executive vice president of football operations.<\/p>\n

Cox skipped organized team activities while his agent and the Eagles negotiated the new deal. He returned for mandatory mini-camp last week and is eager to play under new defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can expect me to be in the quarterback\u2019s face a lot,\u201d Cox said.<\/p>\n

The Eagles have given slightly more than $280 million in guaranteed money to several players this offseason. Most of the money went toward re-signing Cox, offensive lineman Lane Johnson, quarterback Sam Bradford, defensive end Vinny Curry, safety Malcolm Jenkins and tight ends Zach Ertz and Brent Celek. First-round pick Carson Wentz got $26 million guaranteed and the team signed several free agents.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen they\u2019re signing the guys in the locker room, it says they believe in the guys and want to bring them back,\u201d Cox said.<\/p>\n

Roseman said keeping important players is key to maintaining continuity and sustaining success. Former coach Chip Kelly constantly turned over the roster during his three seasons.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you look at the Giants, the Steelers, the Colts, the Patriots, the Packers, the Seahawks, they have a core group of guys, a big core group of guys that they are building with together,\u201d Roseman said. \u201cThey are going through things together. That strengthens your team. That strengthens your bond.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PHILADELPHIA \u2014 Fletcher Cox is getting paid like the quarterbacks he tries to torment. \u201cIt\u2019s really mind-blowing when you\u2019re dealing with that much money,\u201d Cox said Thursday. The Philadelphia Eagles and Cox agreed on a contract extension Monday night. The Pro Bowl defensive tackle spoke to reporters after signing the richest deal ever given to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_stopmodifiedupdate":false,"_modified_date":"","wds_primary_category":6,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-11511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11511\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11511"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=11511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}