Comments on: Rookie wage scale shouldn’t lead to more trades, in theory

By: drewbu22

drewbu22 — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 14:35:07 +0000

“Before the implementation of a real rookie wage scale, the Redskins would have had a hard time justifying the total investment of picks and cash needed to acquire and then to sign quarterback Robert Griffin III.”

Do you REALLY think that would have stopped the Redskins from making the deal?

By: mjkelly77

mjkelly77 — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 14:11:38 +0000

The Redskins more than likely overpaid for the opportunity to draft griffin. But without the burden of a pre-CBA contract, griffin won’t hurt the Skins’ cap structure when he busts.

By: mikeyhigs

mikeyhigs — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 11:22:05 +0000

The Redskins and Falcons have over inflated the market for 1st round draft picks. Teams will be reluctant to pay as much as they did to move up, yet teams tading the picks will want a similar bounty of picks in return.

By: marlin1894

marlin1894 — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 08:40:43 +0000

Trades are fun. Atlanta last year made the draft infinitely more interesting.

By: 69firebird

69firebird — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 06:07:07 +0000

No, it’s just that the redskins are stupid. No one else will ever give that much up to move from 6 to 2. Desperate people do desperate things and Snyder is an idiot and now he has that rat shanahan helping to mess up that team

By: Soulman45

Soulman45 — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 05:14:19 +0000

The Lions have a few of those pick that was precap it make it hard to meet the salary cap and get FA.
I guess the Pats had the right idea trading back and saying away from the high price picks.

By: TaiwanMike

TaiwanMike — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 04:27:40 +0000

The trades are what makes Draft Day interesting. The calling of the names is secondary to me, I want to see what teams do to get in position to be able to make the pick. Example: the Saints trading their entire draft to pick Ricky Williams was way more interesting than the actual pick.