The Cost of reaching for players in the draft

[tharding16]

With all the talent that is available later in drafts I have found myself reaching for players a fair amount this year. Being in 2020 now, I have realized one problem with that. I am paying rookies a fair amount of money and if I miss on them, the cost to cut them is crippling.

Now with everyone talking about how hard of a time they are having with money I thought I would make a thread that helps with future money problems.

Maddens numbers they use for rookie contracts are almost identical to those used in the NFL. This means that rookies sign 4 year deals with the amount of money dependent on how high they get drafted. There is a link at the bottom that is almost exactly the same as the contracts in Madden 15.

The Skinny:

Spoiler

Pick 1 : 22.3 M (14.5 that is signing bonus)
Pick 2 : 21.3 M (13.8 M)
Pick 3 : 20.7 M (13.3 M)
Pick 4 : 19.9 M (12.8 M)
Pick 5 : 18.7 M (11.9 M)
Pick 10: 12.2 M ( 7.2 M)
Pick 15: 9.5 M ( 5.2 M)
Pick 32: 6.8 M ( 3.3 M)
Pick 33: 5.6 M ( 2.3 M)
Pick 65: 3.2 M ( .7 M)
Pick 97: 2.7 M ( .5 M)
Pick129: 2.6 M ( .4 M)
Pick161: 2.4 M ( .2 M)
Pick193: 2.3 M ( .1 M)

http://overthecap.com/nfl-rookie-salary-cap-2014.php

[fballturkey]

If you're reaching a ton then maybe you could trade your 1sts (or 2nds) for later picks?

[Sheba2011]

Quote: Originally Posted by tharding16

With all the talent that is available later in drafts I have found myself reaching for players a fair amount this year. Being in 2020 now, I have realized one problem with that. I am paying rookies a fair amount of money and if I miss on them, the cost to cut them is crippling. [/spoiler] http://overthecap.com/nfl-rookie-salary-cap-2014.php

That is a problem every real life GM faces.

[jatiger13]

I have yet to miss on any rookies drafted in the first 3 rounds. 4th -7th rounds I get some busts every now and then, but not often. Even then, the cost of cutting them isn't big.

If you miss on your high picks, maybe you need to do a better job with your scouting.

[GorillaChest]

Quote: Originally Posted by jatiger13

I have yet to miss on any rookies drafted in the first 3 rounds. 4th -7th rounds I get some busts every now and then, but not often. Even then, the cost of cutting them isn't big. If you miss on your high picks, maybe you need to do a better job with your scouting.

Any tips on scouting? Would you just scout everyone's awareness and then go from there?

[96CFrank]

If you scout well you should never reach on at very least the 1st 2 rounds. Those guys should be your studs. If you wanna reach just trade down. More picks for less $.

[Timeetyo]

Quote: Originally Posted by 96CFrank

If you scout well you should never reach on at very least the 1st 2 rounds. Those guys should be your studs. If you wanna reach just trade down. More picks for less $.

This. And it is so easy to trade down a few and pick up extra picks. Combine that with the highly rated (75+) players available in the later rounds and it is just crazy not to.

[GorillaChest]

Quote: Originally Posted by Timeetyo

This. And it is so easy to trade down a few and pick up extra picks. Combine that with the highly rated (75+) players available in the later rounds and it is just crazy not to.

But how do you scout that many players? Like I was saying above, would you guys just only go for letter grades, ignore stats that are over 25, and scout based on who has high awareness? That's what I was thinking.

Could I spend 500 points and see what this one guy's potential is? Yeah, but that's 1/3 of my scouting points for the whole year!