Wentz signs ahead of rookie camp; everyone is in the fold

There was a time when agents and teams never even talked about contracts for high first round picks until well into June, if not July. Training camp holdouts were common; fans would be put through weeks of back and forth over this or that contract detail while a key rookie sat at home, falling behind his teammates.

But the 2011 Collective Bargaining Agreement blessedly put all that to rest. We knew even before Carson Wentz flew in from North Dakota Thursday and sat down with pen in hand that the No. 2 overall pick in the 2016 NFL draft would get the mandated $17 million-plus signing bonus (Spotrac estimated it at $17,600,973) in a four-year, $27 million deal that would incur a cap charge of around $4.8 million this season (Spotrac says $4,850,243).

Wentz is under contract as the Eagles prepare to begin a three-day rookie minicamp Friday, as are all other Eagles draftees. They can concentrate on learning new systems and investing their cash.

What a time to be alive.