JoeSixPat
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I get it. The first year or two of every contract is generally a low cap impact, at least relative to the total contract value.
The bills eventually come due.
Nope - in the worst case scenario and a player is a bust, chances are that player would be cut or asked to take a paycut. Sure there's be a cap hit of the dead money from their signing bonus - but at #7 or #5 that wouldn't stop them from cutting them.
Miguel's right of course that the contracts will be backloaded in salary - I was simply talking about the full value of a contract assuming a player fulfills expectations.
I see it as VERY possible that a Top 7 pick plays well enough to earn every cent of a contract averaging $7 million a year. You don't agrees with that and that's fine - I know you HOPE you're wrong about that of course.
Everyone's in agreement that salaries for the top draft picks have gotten a bit out of control - that's exponentially more true at #1 than it is at #7 however.
So I'm not lamenting that we have to pick at #7. I have every confidence that player, like Seymour at #6, will be worth every penny and maybe more so.
Years from now, depending on how the draft shakes out, I might be lamenting that we didn't pick at #5!