Penn Contract: Very Little Up Front, Big Incentives

It appears the initial rumors are starting to pan out -- Penn will sign a contract which is multi-year (what he wanted) and has low up front number with lots of incentives (what the Buccaneers wanted).  Looks like a good deal for all.  Quiet talk is that Dominik and Penn agreed for Penn to have the most success this season Penn needed to get to camp on time -- and this formed the basis for the negotiations today which appear to have paid off in the form of a new contract and no more lost time for Penn.

Here is a look at the offensive line salaries last year:

2009 Buccaneer OL Salaries
Player	Total Salary	Cap Value
Faine, Jeff	$ 2,006,760	$ 8,006,760
Penn, Donald	$ 2,797,200	$ 2,797,200
Joseph, Davin	$ 1,511,760	$ 1,711,760
Trueblood, Jeremy	$ 541,760	$ 849,260
Economos, Andrew	$ 541,760	$ 646,760
Zuttah, Jeremy	$ 391,760	$ 570,260
Lee, James	$ 391,760	$ 391,760
Fulton, Xavier	$ 491,000	$ 355,250
Dotson, Demar	$ 310,000	$ 310,000
Murphy, Shawn	$ 390,980	$ 249,118