Not having a 1st rounder this year cut down on what we had to spend. Before the Brown trade, I read that we'd have to spend about $7.5M, but afterwards it dropped into the $5-5.5M range. When you spread those signing bonuses out over 3-4 years, it isn't much more than the minimum for the 4th and down rounders. [Reply]
Originally Posted by oldman:
Not having a 1st rounder this year cut down on what we had to spend. Before the Brown trade, I read that we'd have to spend about $7.5M, but afterwards it dropped into the $5-5.5M range. When you spread those signing bonuses out over 3-4 years, it isn't much more than the minimum for the 4th and down rounders.
Yeah, on top of that Orlando Brown is making third round money for this year. That's pennies on the dollar for what he brings to our offense. [Reply]
So glad they changed the way rookie contracts went. Getting the #1 overall pick and drafting a QB that bust would take a team multiple years to recover from that cap hell. It's usually the same teams drafting at the top and they were already terribly run and then you throw an albatross contract on top of that. Sheesh. [Reply]