In April 2010, Kevin Kolb had just been named the Eagles starting quarterback. He had spent the first three seasons of his NFL career behind Donovan McNabb and had earned about $3 million.
He was slated to make an additional $1 million-plus in the final year of his rookie contract, but both the Eagles and the quarterback wanted an extension beyond the next season. Kolb would have preferred a long-term deal, but he had little leverage and was restricted by a rule in the expiring collective bargaining agreement that limited annual raises in base salary to 30 percent.