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Avril, Lions agreed on years, but not money

July 19th, 2012 11:32 AM
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  • The negotiations for a long-term deal between the Detroit Lions and defensive end Cliff Avril came to an end on Monday when they couldn’t come together before the 4 p.m. deadline. As a result, Avril will play out the 2012 season on the one-year franchise tag contract for $10.6 million fully guaranteed, and the two sides will pick up negotiations again next season.

    Reports out of Detroit are that the two sides had agreed on a three-year commitment, but Avril rejected the team’s final over of $30 million over that span, two-thirds of which would have been guaranteed, believing that he can extract more from them next year. On the surface, it doesn’t appear to be that bad of decision by Avril, though it’s one for which the true wisdom will be determined by how well he performs on the field this season.

    The 25-year-old Avril is coming off of a career-best season in which he played all 16 games and recorded 11 sacks. Should he manage to duplicate or improve upon that production this year, the team will then have the option of franchising him again (the value would jump to at least $12.5m) or trying to work out another long-term contract. In that sense, the $20 million in guaranteed money would be eclipsed by the two franchise tenders.

    However, should he suffer a down year or get miss time due to injury this year, Avril could wind up having to take a one-year deal at a discount from the Lions or someone else in order to prove that 2011 wasn’t just a fluke.

    Dave Birkett reports that Cliff Avril wanted a three-year deal from the Lions. Birkett says that “both sides agreed on that.”

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