The Cleveland Browns just signed Pro Bowl cornerback Joe Haden to a five-year extension. His deal is worth an astounding $68 million and $45 million guaranteed. A $14 million signing bonus to the seventh overall pick in the 2010 draft, surpasses what Seattle Seahawks star cornerback, Richard Sherman received last week.
Wait for it.. Let the trash talk begin.
Joe Haden / Report: Seattle Seahawks’ Richard Sherman no longer highest paid cornerback in NFL http://t.co/lsk40vxnpB #NFL #CLE
— Fantasy Sports (@FantasySP) May 13, 2014
Ouch and what a zinger to the always mouth-flapping Sherman, who of course has already put together this handy-dandy flowchart and interception count graph to defend himself. Yes, you’re the big man on Campus Sherman.
Want what I got? Get the stats I got! Least targeted. #opinionvsfact pic.twitter.com/f2juIjKm66
— Richard Sherman (@RSherman_25) May 13, 2014
Indeed, Haden’s huge pay raise has flooded Twitter with dueling cornerback feuds, and brutal public opinions.
Joe Haden's new #Browns contract includes: -∞ adderall -68,000,000 Richard Sherman tweets about his INT total -0 Super Bowl wins guaranteed
— NOT SportsCenter (@NOTSportsCenter) May 13, 2014
And, don’t even get Arizona Cardinals cornerback Patrick Peterson started. Oops – too late. With this simple tweet, it appears to be ON!
45!!!!!
— Patrick Peterson (@RealPeterson21) May 13, 2014
Photo: Winslow Townson, USA Today