Bears lock up Harris, 4yr $40M extension

[SBR Lou]

Sun Times

The Bears waited until the true offseason to deliver their biggest news since the end of a calamitous 2007.

Hours after the team officially broke for a five-week summer break before training camp begins, a contract extension for three-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Tommie Harris was finalized, ensuring a centerpiece of the defense will remain intact through 2012.

Harris signed a four-year extension Thursday night that will pay him $40 million in new money, with $27 million coming in the first three years. The deal guarantees him $17 million and ensures he will not receive the franchise tag, which would have been a near certainty after this season if he wasn't signed.

Good move by the Bears and good news for Bears fans.

Now if only he can stay healthy..

[goldengoat]

definitely a good move

not that it takes a brain surgeon to know harris should be the #1 priority

bears finally do something right

hester is above urlacher on the priority list. i think they don't know how to pay hester until he shows how affective he will be at WR. i still think he should just be a 3rd WR and concentrate on doing damage at KR and PR. he does enough damage there. don't be unrealistic or he'll end up crippled or have his confidence shaken.

urlacher has to show he's past his injury problem. saying he is past it don't mean sh|t. shilling said he was OK at the beginning of the year too and the sox paid him 8 million for doing absolutely nothing.