DropKickFlutie
Veteran Starter w/Big Long Term Deal
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Rationale:
1. Before 2011, first round picks were massive contracts that could ruin a team's cap on unproven rookie players
2. After the new CBA in 2011, rookies are tied to a rookie wage scale making significantly less. Control of 4 years plus a fifth-year team option for first-rounders.
3. Top10 picks are still expensive, about 9M/yr to 7M/yr for unproven rookie players
4. Mid to late first round picks are making similar $ as second round picks, around 2-3M.
Seems like mid to late 1st rounders are excellent value if you hit. Also likelier to take the top player of their position here compared to leftover players in round2 in the "same" tier of value grouping. I'm not a fan of the outdated Patriots thinking from the early 2000's that 2nd round picks are better value than 1st round picks.
Question: are the Patriots undervaluing the value of mid to late 1st round picks ??
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtba...hat-burrow-tua-and-chase-young-will-make/amp/
1. Before 2011, first round picks were massive contracts that could ruin a team's cap on unproven rookie players
2. After the new CBA in 2011, rookies are tied to a rookie wage scale making significantly less. Control of 4 years plus a fifth-year team option for first-rounders.
3. Top10 picks are still expensive, about 9M/yr to 7M/yr for unproven rookie players
4. Mid to late first round picks are making similar $ as second round picks, around 2-3M.
Seems like mid to late 1st rounders are excellent value if you hit. Also likelier to take the top player of their position here compared to leftover players in round2 in the "same" tier of value grouping. I'm not a fan of the outdated Patriots thinking from the early 2000's that 2nd round picks are better value than 1st round picks.
Question: are the Patriots undervaluing the value of mid to late 1st round picks ??
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtba...hat-burrow-tua-and-chase-young-will-make/amp/
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