Spoon Signs 5 yrs $17.5 mil $10.5 guar; Sets bar for Pouncey

[RuthlessBurgher]

Only 3 players selected before Maurkice Pouncey have signed so far (#4 Trent Williams, #8 Rolando McClain, and #13 Brandon Graham). The good news, is that the two players immediately behind Pouncey (#20 Sean Weatherspoon and #21 Kareem Jackson) have signed, so they give a reasonable framework to slot Pouncey into. Just give him a slight bump over what they'll be getting this afternoon, and hopefully he'll be able to report to Latrobe with the rest of the team tonight, and will be on the practice fields tomorrow.

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Contract statuses of 2010 first-round draft picks
NFL.com
Published: July 6, 2010 at 02:12 p.m.
Updated: July 30, 2010 at 09:40 a.m.

The contract statuses of all 32 first-round picks in the 2010 NFL Draft:

Pk Player Pos. Team Status Contract
1. Sam Bradford QB St. Louis Unsigned
2. Ndamukong Suh DT Detroit Unsigned
3. Gerald McCoy DT Tampa Bay Unsigned
4. Trent Williams OT Washington Agreed to terms Six years, $60 million ($36.75M guaranteed)
5. Eric Berry SS Kansas City Unsigned
6. Russell Okung OT Seattle Unsigned
7. Joe Haden CB Cleveland Unsigned
8. Rolando McClain LB Oakland Signed Five years, $40 million (about $23M guaranteed)
9. C.J. Spiller RB Buffalo Unsigned
10. Tyson Alualu DE Jacksonville Unsigned
11. Anthony Davis OT San Francisco Unsigned
12. Ryan Mathews RB San Diego Unsigned
13. Brandon Graham DE Philadelphia Agreed to terms Five years (financial terms undisclosed)
14. Earl Thomas SS Seattle Unsigned
15. Jason Pierre-Paul DE N.Y. Giants Unsigned
16. Derrick Morgan DE Tennessee Unsigned
17. Mike Iupati G San Francisco Unsigned
18. Maurkice Pouncey C Pittsburgh Unsigned
19. Sean Witherspoon LB Atlanta Agreed to terms Five years, $17.5 million ($10.5M guaranteed)
20. Kareem Jackson CB Houston Agreed to terms Terms undisclosed
21. Jermaine Gresham TE Cincinnati Unsigned
22. Demaryius Thomas WR Denver Unsigned
23. Bryan Bulaga OT Green Bay Unsigned
24. Dez Bryant WR Dallas Signed Five years, $11.8 million ($8.3M guaranteed)
25. Tim Tebow QB Denver Agreed to terms Five years, $33 million ($8.7M guaranteed)
26. Dan Williams DT Arizona Unsigned
27. Devin McCourty CB New England Signed Five years, $13.2 million ($7.825M guaranteed)
28. Jared Odrick DT Miami Agreed to terms Five years, $13.07 million ($7.13M guaranteed)
29. Kyle Wilson CB N.Y. Jets Unsigned
30. Jahvid Best RB Detroit Unsigned
31. Jerry Hughes DE Indianapolis Unsigned
32. Patrick Robinson CB New Orleans Agreed to terms Five years (financial terms undisclosed)

[SteelerNation1]

Re: Spoon Signs 5 yrs $17.5 mil $10.5 guar; Sets bar for Pouncey

Word out of camp is Pouncey will be signed by 4pm today.

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Maurkice Pouncey deal still expected to be completed by 4PM according to our sources. #steelers
about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck

[Steelers>NFL]

Re: Spoon Signs 5 yrs $17.5 mil $10.5 guar; Sets bar for Pouncey

Word out of camp is Pouncey will be signed by 4pm today.

depot
Maurkice Pouncey deal still expected to be completed by 4PM according to our sources. #steelers
about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck

This is GREAT news if it pans out! Steelers FO do an excellent job year in and year out
getting all draft picks signed before or by traing camp.

[papillon]

Re: Spoon Signs 5 yrs $17.5 mil $10.5 guar; Sets bar for Pouncey

Word out of camp is Pouncey will be signed by 4pm today.

depot
Maurkice Pouncey deal still expected to be completed by 4PM according to our sources. #steelers
about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck

This is GREAT news if it pans out! Steelers FO do an excellent job year in and year out
getting all draft picks signed before or by traing camp.

It will be even better news if Pouncey is the player that the Steelers and their fans believe he will be.

Pappy