{"id":1608,"date":"2009-08-09T07:06:51","date_gmt":"2009-08-09T12:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/08\/09\/roddy-white-ends-holdout-gets-top-3-wr-cash-payout\/"},"modified":"2010-06-05T14:18:57","modified_gmt":"2010-06-05T19:18:57","slug":"roddy-white-ends-holdout-gets-top-3-wr-cash-payout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/08\/09\/roddy-white-ends-holdout-gets-top-3-wr-cash-payout\/","title":{"rendered":"Roddy White ends holdout.  Gets Top 3 WR cash payout."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good for White.  He got his Top 3 contract, received a bucketload of guaranteed money, and now he gets to back it up on the field.  According the <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.espn.go.com\/nfl\/trainingcamp09\/news\/story?id=4386364\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/sports.espn.go.com\/nfl\/trainingcamp09\/news\/story?id=4386364', 'ESPN\u2019s Pat Yasinskas');\" target=\"new\">ESPN\u2019s Pat Yasinskas<\/a> (of NFC South Blog fame)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> A source said White\u2019s deal is for six years and $50 million ($18 million guaranteed). It makes him the third-highest paid receiver in the NFL behind Arizona\u2019s Larry Fitzgerald, who averages $10 million a year, and Steve Smith of the Carolina Panthers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This little bit from the <a href=\" http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/sports\/atlanta-falcons\/falcons-roddy-white-ends-hold-out-111439.html\" target=\"new\">ajc<\/a> shows why it was key to get the contract situation resolved as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> The signing of White was extremely important to the continued growth of second-year quarterback Matt Ryan and the offense. Last season, Ryan threw 34 percent of his pass attempts in White\u2019s direction as he guided the team to an 11-5 record and playoff appearance.<\/p>\n<p>White turned in a spectacular season in 2008, setting a franchise record with 1,382 yards and earning his first Pro Bowl trip. It was White\u2019s second consecutive 1,000-yard receiving season.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hopefully no harm, no foul, and things return to normal when the Falcons resume training camp on Monday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good for White. He got his Top 3 contract, received a bucketload of guaranteed money, and now he gets to back it up on the field. According the ESPN\u2019s Pat Yasinskas (of NFC South Blog fame) A source said White\u2019s deal is for six years and $50 million ($18 million guaranteed). It makes him the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/08\/09\/roddy-white-ends-holdout-gets-top-3-wr-cash-payout\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Roddy White ends holdout.  Gets Top 3 WR cash payout.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[12,29],"class_list":["post-1608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1608"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2857,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1608\/revisions\/2857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}