According to the National Football Post’s Dan Pompei, Ray Rice is asking for 10 million dollars per year in contract negotiations with the Baltimore Ravens. That amount would make him the 2nd highest paid running back in the NFL behind Adrian Peterson and is more than what Chris Johnson, Arian Foster, and LeSean McCoy have gotten in the past calendar year. It’s also more than the 8.5 million dollars Matt Forte is asking for from the Bears.
There was a report earlier this week that Rice and the Ravens were making progress in negotiations, but that report was disputed by ESPN’s Adam Schefter. I trust Schefter’s ear on this over anyone else’s and I highly doubt the Ravens are willing to give anywhere near what Rice is asking for. These negotiations could last a while.
Rice is set to earn 7.742 million in 2012 under the franchise tag and the Ravens can actually have him play out the season under the franchise tag and then franchise tag him again next offseason before having to pay him 10 million dollars in a season. Rice would be wise to lower his asking price into the 7.5-9 million dollar range that Johnson, Foster, and McCoy got. That’s what Matt Forte is doing.
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