June 21, 2007

4 Years at $1.5 Million - SOLD!

Chris Hoke is all yours Pittsburgh Steelers.

In the first of what will be many "veteran" re-ups on the horizon, the Steelers retained DT Chris Hoke this afternoon.

The financials:

Under the extension, Hoke will get a four-year, $6 million contract that includes a $1.5 million signing bonus. He was scheduled to make $900,000 this season, the final year of his contract. Now, he will make $2.1 million this year including the signing bonus.
Which leads me to believe Hoke will start to see a lot more action in some of Tomlin's specialized roles/defenses.

Course, Hoke's gotta be happy because at 31 he's making a butt load more money than he ever did at 25.

On a completely separate note, doesn't he kind of look like Vader from 1990's wrestling (see below)??

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

this blog needs an article about ERIN!

http://www.elevenwarriors.com/2007/06/youre-welcome.html

Cotter said...

I'm going to allow this comment on account of the fact that it links to an extremely hot chick's picture. But let the record state, I am otherwise vehemently against all Buckeyes and sympathizers.