Quote:We can't get the first or second pick. The most likely possibilities are 3 if we lose and 6 if we win.

 

But picking that high is irrelevant. The days of top five picks being paid millions of dollars more than bottom five picks are over.

 

weird. wrong again.

 

2014 NFL Draft 1st Round Rookie Salary Projections:

 



<b>PICK</b>



<b>TEAM</b>



<b>Player</b>



<b>TOTAL CONTRACT</b>



1



Houston



Jadeveon Clowney



$22,272,998



2



St. Louis



Greg Robinson



$21,284,098



3



Jacksonville



Blake Bortles



$20,654,810



4



Buffalo



Sammy Watkins



$19,935,603



5



Oakland



Kahlil Mack



$18,676,999



6



Atlanta



Jake Matthews



$16,429,501



7



Tampa Bay



Mike Evans



$14,631,502



8



Cleveland



Justin Gilbert



$12,833,502



9



Minnesota



Anthony Barr



$12,743,500



10



Detroit



Eric Ebron



$12,249,149



11



Tennessee



Taylor Lewan



$11,485,004



12



New York



Odell Beckham



$10,406,198



13



St Louis



Aaron Donald



$10,136,500



14



Chicago



Kyle Fuller



$9,687,002



15



Pittsburgh



Ryan Shazier



$9,507,212



16



Dallas



Zach Martin



$8,967,800



17



Baltimore



C.J. Mosley



$8,787,999



18



New York



Calvin Pryor



$8,563,253



19



Miami



Ja’Waun James



$8,428,398



20



New Orleans



Brandin Cooks



$8,383,452



21



Green Bay



Ha Ha Clinton-Dix



$8,338,501



22



Cleveland



Johnny Manziel



$8,247,250



23



Kansas City



Dee Ford



$8,158,700



24



Cincinnati



Darqueze Dennard



$7,978,898



25



San Diego



Jason Verrett



$7,889,002



26



Philadelphia



Marcus Smith



$7,799,088



27



Arizona



Deone Bucannon



$7,709,202



28



Carolina



Kelvin Benjamin



$7,664,250



29



New England



Dominique Easley



$7,303,549



30



San Francisco



Jimmie Ward



$7,112,534



31



Denver



Bradley Roby



$6,952,528



32



Minnesota



Teddy Bridgewater



$6,849,502

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