Raiders Sign Rice, Brown to Contract Extensions

Jerry Rice has signed a six-year, $30-million contract extension that will give the Oakland Raiders more salary cap room.

Tim Brown, the longest-tenured Raider with all 15 of his seasons with the team, also signed an extension -- which means the NFL’s oldest receiving tandem will stay together for now.

If Rice were to play out the contract, which is unlikely, he would play until he’s 46. Last year, he suggested that he might play until he is 45.

The AFC champions were more than $30 million over the salary cap entering the off-season, with some estimates as high as $50 million.

Rice received a signing bonus, and the deal is “back-end loaded,” his agent, Jim Steiner said, meaning much of his salary would be paid out in those final years. Brown, 36, “signed a very similar deal” to Rice’s, according to Steiner.

The team also announced it had re-signed offensive lineman Brad Badger and running back Zack Crockett.

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