Glenn signs five-year, $20 million contract extension
By STEPHEN HAWKINS, AP Sports Writer
March 27, 2006
IRVING, Texas (AP) -- Dallas Cowboys receiver Terry Glenn signed a five-year, $20 million contract extension Monday to line up with Terrell Owens and keep catching passes from Drew Bledsoe.
Glenn was under contract for two more seasons, and was scheduled to make $2 million in 2006. The new deal replaces the old contract and runs through 2010.
"We've been trying to do something, and have talked about it for a while. It finally came together," said Glenn's agent, Jimmy Gould. "He's excited about it. With he and T.O., it's a good deal."
Glenn's new contract comes two weeks after Keyshawn Johnson was released by Dallas, and nine days after Owens signed a three-year, $25 million deal with the Cowboys. Johnson last week got a four-year, $19 million deal with the Carolina Panthers.
Glenn caught 62 passes for 1,136 yards and a career-high seven touchdowns last season, his third in Dallas and first reunited with Bledsoe. Glenn's other two 1,000-yard seasons were with Bledsoe in New England, as a rookie in 1996 and in 1999.
The 32-year-old receiver averaged 18.3 yards per catch last season, a career high that tied for the NFL lead. Glenn also had his first career rushing TD, a 6-yard end around in a 31-28 victory over Kansas City in which he also scored on a 71-yard flea flicker -- his longest play since 1998, also from Bledsoe.
The last Cowboys player with 1,000 yards receiving was Raghib Ismail in 1999, the season Glenn caught 69 passes for 1,147 yards with the Patriots.
Bledsoe said he and Glenn "picked up where they left off" when they got back together last summer. That was evident during the season.
In 10 NFL seasons with the Patriots, Green Bay and Dallas, Glenn has 523 catches for 7,776 yards and 38 touchdowns. He has 138 catches for 2,290 yards and 14 TDs since being traded from Green Bay to Dallas in 2003, but missed 10 games in 2004 because of a foot injury.
By STEPHEN HAWKINS, AP Sports Writer
March 27, 2006
IRVING, Texas (AP) -- Dallas Cowboys receiver Terry Glenn signed a five-year, $20 million contract extension Monday to line up with Terrell Owens and keep catching passes from Drew Bledsoe.
Glenn was under contract for two more seasons, and was scheduled to make $2 million in 2006. The new deal replaces the old contract and runs through 2010.
"We've been trying to do something, and have talked about it for a while. It finally came together," said Glenn's agent, Jimmy Gould. "He's excited about it. With he and T.O., it's a good deal."
Glenn's new contract comes two weeks after Keyshawn Johnson was released by Dallas, and nine days after Owens signed a three-year, $25 million deal with the Cowboys. Johnson last week got a four-year, $19 million deal with the Carolina Panthers.
Glenn caught 62 passes for 1,136 yards and a career-high seven touchdowns last season, his third in Dallas and first reunited with Bledsoe. Glenn's other two 1,000-yard seasons were with Bledsoe in New England, as a rookie in 1996 and in 1999.
The 32-year-old receiver averaged 18.3 yards per catch last season, a career high that tied for the NFL lead. Glenn also had his first career rushing TD, a 6-yard end around in a 31-28 victory over Kansas City in which he also scored on a 71-yard flea flicker -- his longest play since 1998, also from Bledsoe.
The last Cowboys player with 1,000 yards receiving was Raghib Ismail in 1999, the season Glenn caught 69 passes for 1,147 yards with the Patriots.
Bledsoe said he and Glenn "picked up where they left off" when they got back together last summer. That was evident during the season.
In 10 NFL seasons with the Patriots, Green Bay and Dallas, Glenn has 523 catches for 7,776 yards and 38 touchdowns. He has 138 catches for 2,290 yards and 14 TDs since being traded from Green Bay to Dallas in 2003, but missed 10 games in 2004 because of a foot injury.