@ Boris: Even if your first rounders are Derek Sherrod and Justin Harrell?
It's a pretty crazy price but the guy is a proven commodity. That's a big deal.
Somebody rig up a hologram of Reggie White in Mack's house.
You would think the NFL would go to a system more like the NBA where there are some "Bird rights" involved that allow for some softening of the cap to retain franchise players. Basically, if you have a superstar QB not on his rookie contract you have 20-25 million less to field the rest of the team. At some point, you want the superstar QBs to be on the best teams and not get killed because the same team can't afford a star-level LT. People may tune in anyway, but the casual fan tunes in to see Rodgers, Brees, Brady, etc. more often.
The NFL owners have the most favorable labor situation of the major sports leagues. The contracts are non-guaranteed for the most part and they have a hard cap. As a group, they are also much more dislikeable than the NBA or MLB owners (obviously there are exceptions). But there are fewer Synder, Haslem, etc. types in the other sports. They just make so much money with the hard cap they don't anything to cut into their profits.
Pakrz posted:@ Boris: Even if your first rounders are Derek Sherrod and Justin Harrell?
If you are drafting in the 20s both years, it's worth it to get a superstar edge rusher, lockdown corner, or franchise left tackle for two firsts if they are young enough to play another 5-6 years. The obvious risk is if you tank and all of sudden the picks move into the top 5.
The problem is more paying a superstar with the salary cap more than the compensation. Since we took Rodgers in 2005, is there any first round pick in this group that you wouldn't package in part of a duo to get a Khalil Mack, Aaron Donald level player? I would say CM3 - but that's that's the only surefire one. You'd have to think long and hard about peak Raji and maybe Kenny Clark. Bulaga has been an excellent Packer, but I don't think you'd hesitate to include him in a package for this type of player
Jaire Alexander, Kenny Clark, Randall, Dix, Datone Jones, Nick Perry, Sherrod, Bulaga, Raji, CM3, Harrell, and Hawk.
If you could get the Raiders to throw in a 2nd or maybe a couple of late rounders, I'd do it in a heartbeat. Just win now baby!
