The official Landry watch thread

[Bill B]

Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha

It's absolutely amazing how much guys in the top half of the first round get paid in comparison to guys in the bottom half of the first round, let alone how such salaries compare to guys drafted in the later rounds.

That is why it is important to keep your 2nd, 3rd and 4th round picks - because you can get a lot of great mileage out of those picks for a relative bargain.

It is also why most GM's are not trading into the top half of the draft and is probably the reason the Skins were unable to trade down.

I think this could be a potential problem for the NFL. The way the draft is designed now the bad teams get the highest picks first but with the way salaries have skyrocketed for the top picks it puts the team under even more pressure to get it right with the pick because if the guy is a bust the team's salary cap is effected even more leading to a downward spiral. Meanwhile the good teams don't have to shell out as much for their top picks and if the pick becomes a bust for the better teams the cap hit is not as bad.

I don't know if there is really a good solution for this problem other than if you are an owner the first order of business is to get the best darn personelle man/scouting department you can get your hands on and build the team around that.