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I'm beginning to grow concerned about our first rounders this year.
GB has a difficult task ahead of it. 2 first rounders are never easy to get both to camp on time, especially when one is top 10.
PFT just pointed out the rather alarming fact that there are only 2 first rounders currently signed, both QB's.
Also alarming is that there is no team that currently has all picks but their first rounder signed. We are tied with a few other teams with only 1 other to go (Quinn Johnson is currently unsigned).
First round contracts practically cannot begin until all other rounds by a team are signed, due to issues with the rookie pool.
The NFLPA and agents association have been strategizing the first round this year. After all, the uncapped rules in place for future seasons and the amortization of bonuses, and overall contracting rules for this season are totally different than previous seasons, where in reality first round contracts were already strange contracts to work around typical rules.
No team has yet put forth a standard contract of what the rest of the first round will look like. Even then, there typically is a structure shift that occurs in the teens/20's as there no longer is a need to work around the rookie cap. Where that structure shift is, and what the structure is for late first/early first contracts have yet to be determined.
Nobody as of yet wants to be first, and nobody is really in position to be first, all teams are dragging their feet on that one last other contract, the first team that gets the rest done will have all eyes turn to them as the league awaits the precedent setting first round deal.
It isn't really a glamorous or interesting story (for non-nerds), but for the NFL numbers dorks among us, this is going to be the most interesting two weeks in a long time. One big thing, the first partial (rookies only) camp open in 2 days, the first full team camp opens in 3 days, the latest any opens in 12 days (the Packers are 9 days away).
There is a good chance that in 2 weeks this story is HUGE, as the bulk of the first round is "holding out". I doubt any top 10 picks that aren't already signed (Stafford, Sanchez) will be in camp on the first day, this includes Raji.
GB has a difficult task ahead of it. 2 first rounders are never easy to get both to camp on time, especially when one is top 10.
PFT just pointed out the rather alarming fact that there are only 2 first rounders currently signed, both QB's.
Also alarming is that there is no team that currently has all picks but their first rounder signed. We are tied with a few other teams with only 1 other to go (Quinn Johnson is currently unsigned).
First round contracts practically cannot begin until all other rounds by a team are signed, due to issues with the rookie pool.
The NFLPA and agents association have been strategizing the first round this year. After all, the uncapped rules in place for future seasons and the amortization of bonuses, and overall contracting rules for this season are totally different than previous seasons, where in reality first round contracts were already strange contracts to work around typical rules.
No team has yet put forth a standard contract of what the rest of the first round will look like. Even then, there typically is a structure shift that occurs in the teens/20's as there no longer is a need to work around the rookie cap. Where that structure shift is, and what the structure is for late first/early first contracts have yet to be determined.
Nobody as of yet wants to be first, and nobody is really in position to be first, all teams are dragging their feet on that one last other contract, the first team that gets the rest done will have all eyes turn to them as the league awaits the precedent setting first round deal.
It isn't really a glamorous or interesting story (for non-nerds), but for the NFL numbers dorks among us, this is going to be the most interesting two weeks in a long time. One big thing, the first partial (rookies only) camp open in 2 days, the first full team camp opens in 3 days, the latest any opens in 12 days (the Packers are 9 days away).
There is a good chance that in 2 weeks this story is HUGE, as the bulk of the first round is "holding out". I doubt any top 10 picks that aren't already signed (Stafford, Sanchez) will be in camp on the first day, this includes Raji.
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