(03-18-2024, 04:34 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(03-18-2024, 04:24 PM)Mandeezee Wrote: I understand the cap about as well as anyone else...

Again, those teams lucked up to have drafted WR high and they actually performed as a #1. Most teams, most times, it takes 1, 2, 3 years before a rookie perform as you need them to. And bout that time it's time to pay them or they hold out.

You can't gamble your job that a rookie will be exceptional. You don't have the 1-3 years it takes for a good 1st round pick to perform as needed. We don't need 40 catches, 680 yards, which is what a normal rookie will put up.

It's nice to have a rookie immediately put up probowl numbers...but it's exceptional.

What are you on about?

I believe its time to update team building philosophy.

A coach and GM no longer have 5, 8, 10 years to build a playoff team thru the draft. I'd guess they get 2-3 years now.

No matter what a rookie has done in college, GMs can only pray they transition well to the NFL.

It seems safer to build your core thru free agency, and fill in the rest thru drafting. You don't pass up proven stars like Aiyuk and Higgins...for a 17th pick.

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