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Sanders Tears

Empirical Cane said:
I was going to bring this up. Fair or not, here is what tbe drop is costing him:


Here's a breakdown of how long NFL rookie contracts are:
• Length for first-round draft picks: Four years, club option for fifth-year
• Length for draft picks in rounds two through seven: Four years, no club option
• Length for undrafted free agents: Three years, no club option
• Can not be extended or have their rookie contract renegotiated by their team until after the conclusion of their third NFL season, regardless of when they were taken in the draft.


Two services have estimated the NFL 2025 draft class pay scale (based on NFL salary cap and other items):

• No. 1: $43.01 million (Spotrac) | $48.84 million (Over The Cap)
• No. 2: $41.12 million (Spotrac) | $46.65 million (Over The Cap)
• No. 3: $39.9 million (Spotrac) | $45.25 million (Over The Cap)
• No. 4: $38.52 million (Spotrac) | $43.66 million (Over The Cap)
• No. 5: $36.09 million (Spotrac) | $40.87 million (Over The Cap)
• No. 6: $31.77 million (Spotrac) | $35.9 million (Over The Cap)
• No. 7: $28.31 million (Spotrac) | $31.91 million (Over The Cap)
• No. 8: $24.86 million (Spotrac) | $27.93 million (Over The Cap)
• No. 9: $24.68 million (Spotrac) | $27.73 million (Over The Cap)
• No. 10: $23.73 million(Spotrac) | $26.64 million (Over The Cap)
• No. 11: $22.26 million (Spotrac) | $24.94 million (Over The Cap)
• No. 12: $20.2 million (Spotrac) | $22.55 million (Over The Cap)
• No. 13: $19.67 million (Spotrac) | $21.96 million (Over The Cap)
• No. 14: $18.81 million (Spotrac) | $20.96 million (Over The Cap)
• No. 15: $18.46 million (Spotrac) | $20.56 million (Over The Cap)
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Compared to this:
Empirical Cane said:
• No. 150: $4.57 million (Spotrac) | $4.63 million (Over The Cap)
• No. 151: $4.57 million (Spotrac) | $4.62 million (Over The Cap)
• No. 152: $4.57 million (Spotrac) | $4.62 million (Over The Cap)
• No. 153: $4.57 million (Spotrac) | $4.62 million (Over The Cap)
• No. 154: $4.56 million (Spotrac) | $4.62 million (Over The Cap)
• No. 155: $4.56 million (Spotrac) | $4.61 million (Over The Cap)
• No. 156: $4.56 million (Spotrac) | $4.61 million (Over The Cap)
• No. 157: $4.56 million (Spotrac) | $4.61 million (Over The Cap)
• No. 158: $4.55 million (Spotrac) | $4.61 million (Over The Cap)
• No. 159: $4.55 million (Spotrac) | $4.6 million (Over The Cap)
• No. 160: $4.55 million (Spotrac) | $4.6 million (Over The Cap)
• No. 161: $4.54 million (Spotrac) | $4.6 million (Over The Cap)
• No. 162: $4.54 million (Spotrac) | $4.59 million (Over The Cap)
• No. 163: $4.54 million (Spotrac) | $4.59 million (Over The Cap)
• No. 164: $4.53 million (Spotrac) | $4.58 million (Over The Cap)
• No. 165: $4.52 million (Spotrac) | $4.57 million (Over The Cap)
• No. 166: $4.52 million (Spotrac) | $4.57million (Over The Cap)
• No. 167: $4.51 million (Spotrac) | $4.56 million (Over The Cap)
• No. 168: $4.5 million (Spotrac) | $4.56 million (Over The Cap)
• No. 169-176 (Comp): $4.48 million (Spotrac) | $4.52 million (Over The Cap)
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Perfect evidence why you go back to school when you have the potential to go top 15 but are currently looking at the 3rd round.
 
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I recall Aaron Rodgers sitting all alone in the green room when he was drafted. We now know it was not his skill set that caused the drop. Sanders is probably the same thing. The big difference is everyone who saw AR knew he could play at the NFL level. You can not honestly say that about $$. I view him as Famous Jamis 2.5 without the arm. Will someone take a chance? Sure, teams like Cleveland, or NOLA will probably risk a second round pick on him. If he becomes AR, they will learn to live with the attitude. If not, well Dad has money and he can find a job in coaching or podcasting...........................
 
Empirical Cane said:
Two services have estimated the NFL 2025 draft class pay scale (based on NFL salary cap and other items):

• No. 1: $43.01 million (Spotrac) | $48.84 million (Over The Cap)

• No. 33: $10.85 million (Spotrac) | $11.8 million (Over The Cap)

• No. 249-257 (Comp): $4.29 million (Spotrac) | $4.3 million (Over The Cap)
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Am I reading this correctly?

The differential between the first pick of the 1st and the first pick of the 2nd is over $32 million...

While the differential beween the #33 pick and "Mr. Irrelevant" is about $6 million?

Hilarious. At this point, it really doesn't matter where Shadeur is drafted or when...
 
TheOriginalCane said:
Am I reading this correctly?

The differential between the first pick of the 1st and the first pick of the 2nd is over $32 million...

While the differential beween the #33 pick and "Mr. Irrelevant" is about $6 million?

Hilarious. At this point, it really doesn't matter where Shadeur is drafted or when...
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The CBA and math don't lie my friend.....
 
What bums me out is the glazing and hype that ESPN was doing overshadowed the prospects actually being picked and their families. Nearly every pick had a Sanders twist to it, and completely undercut the actual draftee's day... of course, it's always the media. There's certainly a storyline, but the NFL is a meritocracy, and Sanders will have the opportunity to prove what he believes he is as a player, whether he's a 1st or 2nd round pick.
 
TheOriginalCane said:
Am I reading this correctly?

The differential between the first pick of the 1st and the first pick of the 2nd is over $32 million...

While the differential beween the #33 pick and "Mr. Irrelevant" is about $6 million?

Hilarious. At this point, it really doesn't matter where Shadeur is drafted or when...
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Which re-emphasizes the point that if you think you're top 10-15 material, stay the extra year. But if you're a borderline 4-5th rounder and you COULD project as a 2nd rounder (or even low first rounder), ALMOST better to just go to the pros and start the clock? NIL further complicates things from a decision pov. But with NIL, I'm guessing that in almost all cases, best to stick around to your senior year with a nice NIL deal.
 
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AUcane said:
Which re-emphasizes the point that if you think you're top 10-15 material, stay the extra year. But if you're a borderline 4-5th rounder and you COULD project as a 2nd rounder (or even low first rounder), ALMOST better to just go to the pros and start the clock? NIL further complicates things from a decision pov. But with NIL, I'm guessing that in almost all cases, best to stick around to your senior year with a nice NIL deal.
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Very good points.

I've never been a complete "hater" on our kids going pro early from a purely economic sense. However, I do think that even if the money is "relatively comparable" from Rounds 2 to 6, teams tend to be more heavily invested in developing and playing, say, a second round draft pick more than they are with a sixth round draft pick.

Having said that, I think that this truly exposes the absolute STUPIDITY and arrogance of the Sanders family. Their focus is so heavily oriented to money and the "status" of being a Top Five pick, but they couldn't be bothered to do the ONE THING that would guarantee Shadeur TENS OF MILLIONS more, which is to make an effort for his multiple "job interviews" with teams that could select him highly in the draft.

And I realize, we will now have a batch of porsts that bemoan how people are "supposed to act", and how they shouldn't have to "kowtow towards the man" and how "the system can't handle a strong/proud man who knows his worth". Yeah, all of that is bull****. You SHOULD be trying to convince a prospective employer as to why you are worth an investment of tens of millions of dollars. And "how well you played at Jackson State against terrible competition" is not enough of an evidentiary base from which to act like you have already won the lottery.

**** Shadeur and the whole Sanders family. If they want more money, they can make more KFC commercials, I really don't care.

But if they wanted Shadeur to have a solid NFL future, they should have put more effort into the pre-draft process, including the team interviews.
 
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