34th Overall Pick

[Skinzman]

Just one thing to point out with all the FA talk. The new TV contracts go into affect this year. So next year, we will see the cap start rising due to those. These new TV contracts are a fair amount bigger than the last ones, so its not going to be a small rise. Granted, some of that money was pulled forward to keep the cap from going down the last couple of years, but its still expected to be a decent rise on the cap.

Every FA signed now, even if overpaid, has a very good chance of being on a "cheap" contract in 2 or 3 years due to the cap going up. Even the Mike Wallace deal might look ok in a few years instead of how horrible it looks now.

Salaries of players are about to jump. And it may be a pretty significant jump with the expected rise of the cap each year.

It could hurt this year, but be a bargain contract by year 3 or 4. This is what is so odd about this FA and the next few coming up. Dont be surprised to see a team throw 12-15 mil per year at Byrd hoping its not a bad contract down the road.