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Originally Posted by albionmoonlight
dola: Though if you listen to the Robert Mays podcast, he is a strong believer in thinking in terms of how much certain positions cost when they hit FA and how to think of the rookie contract in those terms.
If you get, say, a CB at 18, then he does not really have to be that good for the rookie salary to make him a value add considering how much starting corners get paid. But if you are picking a RB or TE there, then they have to be a top player to justify even the rookie salary (he was talking more top 10 than 18, but the overall idea seems to still make sense).
Basically, in the NFL, an average DE is worth more than a good TE, and you should draft with that in mind.
I don't know if I totally agree, but it is food for thought.
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I do listen to it! I heard him talking about that last week when they were going over the lessons learned from the 2018 draft. He used the difference between drafting a RB high in the first round and what you'd need him to be in order to be a "value" cap-wise (essentially one of the best RBs in the league) and how good you would need a DE to be for him to be a "value" (just serviceable).
It's definitely another interesting data point to consider.
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