Salary Cap Cost of 2007 Draft Picks

[cstjohn17]

This isn't exact but it gives an idea of the cost of first round draft picks, expect these numbers to increase for 2008.

It shows clearly the very high cost of the top 10 or picks.

 

[ayjackson]

This isn't exact but it gives an idea of the cost of first round draft picks, expect these numbers to increase for 2008.

It shows clearly the very high cost of the top 10 or picks.

Incredible. We've got to trade back to nine or ten - add a second this year and a second next year.

 

[cstjohn17]

This was such a good post I had to track it down and look at it again...

All Salary data from http://www.rotoworld.com/
# Team Player Pos Length Total Contract Average Cap Comments
1 Oakland JaMarcus Russell QB 6 $61.00 $10.17 $7M available in incentives
2 Detroit Calvin Johnson WR 6 $55.00 $9.17
3 Cleveland Joe Thomas OT 5 $42.50 $8.50
4 Tampa Bay Gaines Adams DE 6 $46.00 $7.67
5 Arizona Levi Brown OT 6 $62.00 $10.33 The deal includes $18.1 million in guarantees.
6 Washington LaRon Landry FS 5 $41.50 $8.30
7 Minnesota Adrian Peterson RB 6 $40.50 $6.75
8 Atlanta Jamaal Anderson DE 5 $31.00 $6.20
9 Miami Ted Ginn Jr. WR 5 Unknown Unknown $14M guarantees
10 Houston Amobi Okoye DT 6 $15.40 $2.57
11 San Francisco Patrick Willis ILB 5 $16.65 $3.33
12 Buffalo Marshawn Lynch RB 6 $18.90 $3.15
13 St. Louis Adam Carriker DE 5 $12.80 $2.56
14 N.Y. Jets Darrelle Revis CB 6 $30.00 $5.00
15 Pittsburgh Lawrence Timmons OLB 5 $12.00 $2.40
16 Green Bay Justin Harrell DT 6 $14.50 $2.42
17 Denver Jarvis Moss DE 5 $15.00 $3.00
18 Cincinnati Leon Hall CB 5 $13.60 $2.72
19 Tennessee Michael Griffin FS 5 $7.50 $1.50
20 N.Y. Giants Aaron Ross CB 5 $13.50 $2.70
21 Jacksonville Reggie Nelson FS 5 $9.55 $1.91
22 Cleveland Brady Quinn QB 5 $9.20 $1.84
23 Kansas City Dwayne Bowe WR 5 $9.00 $1.80
24 New England Brandon Meriweather FS 5 $8.75 $1.75
25 Carolina Jon Beason OLB 5 $12.50 $2.50
26 Dallas Anthony Spencer DE 5 $9.00 $1.80 $6M guarantees
27 New Orleans Robert Meachem WR 5 $11.30 $2.26
28 San Francisco Joe Staley OT 5 $8.00 $1.60
29 Baltimore Ben Grubbs G 5 $8.00 $1.60
30 San Diego Craig Davis WR 5 $7.83 $1.57
31 Chicago Greg Olsen TE 5 $7.77 $1.55
32 Indianapolis Anthony Gonzalez WR 5 $7.50 $1.50

 

[Patsmaniac]

I know it won't happen, but id rather sign samuel or a high priced free agent like Lance Briggs, who are proven entities then fork over 30million to an unproven player. Sign the vets and then trade out of the first, grab an extra second etc, and go from there.

 

[VJCPatriot]

How the hell did Levi Brown end up making more money than the #1 overall pick? Are you sure that's not a typo?

 

[cstjohn17]

How the hell did Levi Brown end up making more money than the #1 overall pick? Are you sure that's not a typo?

It could be a typo, feel free to track it down. I just went off of the RotoWorld.com site:
http://www.rotoworld.com/content/playerpages/player_main.aspx?sport=NFL&id=4185

USAToday agrees
http://www.usatoday.com/_ads/inters...oday.com/community/utils/idmap/29415278.story

Key word is could, but still I think this is a bigger number than Tom Brady got.
"The six-year contract could be worth up to $62 million"

I would rather trade the pick for a veteran, even an expensive veteran is a better value than an unproven rookie.