ckparrothead
Premium Member
I've seen it argued here and there that we need to favor certain positions or not favor certain kinds of players, because of the money we're on the hook for with the #12 pick.
So I thought I should clarify what we're talking about here. Last year Knowshon Moreno at the #12 spot got a 5-year, $16.7 million contract with $13.125 million guaranteed. There is an additional $6.3 million available to be earned on the deal if he performs really well. There is also a 6th year that the club could option for $5.08 million.
That's $3.3 million a year, $2.3 million a year in amortized bonus.
NOT BAD.
That's not a bad deal at all for the player you could get with that money.
Now also consider this.
If a proposal for a rookie wage scale begins taking shape by the time teams begin negotiations with their draft picks...what happens to those negotiations?
Let me give you a scenario.
SCENARIO: You're the Detroit Lions and you've selected DT Gerald McCoy at #2 overall. He's a big ugly, and he's not Ndamukong Suh who is now wildly popular and regarded as Hercules in cleats. Last year, Jason Smith signed a deal that pays him $10.3 million a year. Naturally, he's asking for about $10.8 million a year (5% above last year's #2 pick). A rookie wage scale has taken shape for 2011, and both owners and players seem to think it's fair. It calls for $7 million per year contracts for the #1 overall pick, and then scaled down each pick thereafter by a set algorithm.
What do you do?
I tell you what I would do. I would tell Gerald that I really want him here, I have a clear vision for him as a player in our defense and I would try and impress the heck out of him in the Detroit Lions organization...and then offer him $7 million a year. If he holds out, and re-enters the 2011 draft, that would be the maximum he could get even if he went #1 overall, and I say with being out of football for a year he stands much more danger of sinking to #20 overall than rising to #1 overall, especially with how talented the 2011 draft looks right now.
He could get emotional about it and make an irrational decision, but if you're Gerald McCoy, the rational decision is to take the offer. Refusing the offer and re-entering the next draft would be too risky.
So with that in mind, you wonder if Miami will even be on the hook for Knowshon Moreno type money.
So I thought I should clarify what we're talking about here. Last year Knowshon Moreno at the #12 spot got a 5-year, $16.7 million contract with $13.125 million guaranteed. There is an additional $6.3 million available to be earned on the deal if he performs really well. There is also a 6th year that the club could option for $5.08 million.
That's $3.3 million a year, $2.3 million a year in amortized bonus.
NOT BAD.
That's not a bad deal at all for the player you could get with that money.
Now also consider this.
If a proposal for a rookie wage scale begins taking shape by the time teams begin negotiations with their draft picks...what happens to those negotiations?
Let me give you a scenario.
SCENARIO: You're the Detroit Lions and you've selected DT Gerald McCoy at #2 overall. He's a big ugly, and he's not Ndamukong Suh who is now wildly popular and regarded as Hercules in cleats. Last year, Jason Smith signed a deal that pays him $10.3 million a year. Naturally, he's asking for about $10.8 million a year (5% above last year's #2 pick). A rookie wage scale has taken shape for 2011, and both owners and players seem to think it's fair. It calls for $7 million per year contracts for the #1 overall pick, and then scaled down each pick thereafter by a set algorithm.
What do you do?
I tell you what I would do. I would tell Gerald that I really want him here, I have a clear vision for him as a player in our defense and I would try and impress the heck out of him in the Detroit Lions organization...and then offer him $7 million a year. If he holds out, and re-enters the 2011 draft, that would be the maximum he could get even if he went #1 overall, and I say with being out of football for a year he stands much more danger of sinking to #20 overall than rising to #1 overall, especially with how talented the 2011 draft looks right now.
He could get emotional about it and make an irrational decision, but if you're Gerald McCoy, the rational decision is to take the offer. Refusing the offer and re-entering the next draft would be too risky.
So with that in mind, you wonder if Miami will even be on the hook for Knowshon Moreno type money.
