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[warthog]

Mayock: NFL Draft Is Lopsided
Posted by Aaron Wilson on April 16, 2009, 9:05 a.m.

Is this year’s NFL Draft akin to a Bizarro world where everything is backwards?

That might be stretching the point a bit, but there’s still a growing consensus in NFL circles that the quality of players available in the top 10 picks is extremely similar to the talent level of the players projected to be drafted in the teens and early 20s of the first round.

According to NFL Network draft analyst Mike Mayock, per Matt Maiocco of the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat, teams are looking to bail out of the top 10 and trade down.

“Every team in the top 10 is looking to trade out,” Mayock told reporters today in a conference call. “I’ve never seen a situation quite like this. And the theory is, everybody knows we’re upside down with this draft. The rookies are getting paid way too much money proportionate to their value. So, teams are scared to death to miss in the top 10.”

According to Mayock, part of the trend goes back to simple economics. (Random thought: Where’s the teacher from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off to explain it all to us?)

“Here’s what’s happening, which I think is really interesting to see if this trend plays out: That old trade chart that all the teams used to use, it began to go out the window last year and I think, like the economy, it’s completely out the window,” Mayock said. “So, I think any team in the top 10 that’s looking to get out will listen to any reasonable offer. And more than ever teams are looking to get down to 15 to 25 because you can get the same kind of player at 20 than you can at seven, and you pay one-third the money.”
http://www.profootballtalk.com/2009/04/16/...ft-is-lopsided/

[D_BoweShow82]

When is there going to be a rookie salary cap put into place?

[warthog]

D_BoweShow82, on Apr 16 2009, 12:39 PM, said:

When is there going to be a rookie salary cap put into place?

It is getting to where it is getting to be more of a detriment to the teams at the top of the draft instead of helping them.

[Access Denied]

Set a rookie cap. Its already beyond asinine.

[The_Jonas]

warthog, on Apr 16 2009, 12:40 PM, said:

It is getting to where it is getting to be more of a detriment to the teams at the top of the draft instead of helping them.

Soon it will be like the NBA and you'll see trades like this :

Team 1 sends 1st round pick (2nd overall) and X starting player to Team 2 for their 1st round pick (#12)

Teams will start accounting for the salary as part of the deal. Teams will start GIVING UP things to trade down.

[Los Pollos Hermanos]

The_Jonas, on Apr 16 2009, 04:32 PM, said:

Soon it will be like the NBA and you'll see trades like this :

Team 1 sends 1st round pick (2nd overall) and X starting player to Team 2 for their 1st round pick (#12)

Teams will start accounting for the salary as part of the deal. Teams will start GIVING UP things to trade down.

A rookie cap will solve all of that.

[Dom]

I agree... these unproven players are getting paid way to much

[autodrummer]

I would say fuck it, here is your deal take it or don't play in the NFL!!

[The_Jonas]

DallasChief, on Apr 16 2009, 04:48 PM, said:

A rookie cap will solve all of that.

The worst thing about it (that's NEVER mentioned) is that pay for players drafted in rounds 2-7 are actually going DOWN because of the constantly elevating payscale of the players picked in the top 10.

I have doubts the owners would rectify THAT under a new rookie cap. Top picks would still get an unfair % of the rookie pay allotment.

[HG]

The NFL players union is against a rookie cap. Yeit at the same time the veterans get pissed about the money the rookies get. The problem is that if there is a rookie cap, then teams can let the expensive vets go and bring a rookie in to save money.

Either way there is no way for them to win. And thats the biggest problem in the new collective bargaining agreement.