(07-29-2023, 03:08 PM)Jag149 Wrote:

(07-29-2023, 01:19 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: I think we need 7 more pages explaining in great detail how a position can be important but also devalued simultaneously.
Maybe someone will begin to understand the difference.


WR second contract salaries have increased by a healthy margin in recent years.
RB second contract salaries have not.  

One of them is "devalued"

Just go look at the history of the franchise tag salary for each position.

The RB tag # has hovered between 9mil and 11 mil for seven years. Stagnation is the trend here.
The WR tag number has risen from 12 mil to 19 mil in that same span. Keeping pace with the market and the teams' cap increases.

One of those is "devalued" -  Unworthy of being paid lucrative second contracts because ample replacements are readily available for less money.  The demand has been affected by a surplus of supply. 
Making the resource "less valuable." 
I'm trying to come up with a three syllable word that means something has become "less valuable." 
Any ideas? 

Also try putting the word less in front?

less precious
less expensive
matter less
commoner
less central
less dominant
less critical
less crucial
less effective
less essential

All of this and yet the a couple teams draft them in the first 12 picks.  We draft one in the 3rd after our first round pick from a couple years ago just had 1500 yrds. Seatlle just drafted one in back to back years in the 2nd.  So much "less" lol. If you are talking abut less valuable than the 80's?  I agree.  But no less than 5 years, 10 years, or 20 years ago.  If one talented enough comes through the draft he will get picked in the top 5 or 10 in the draft.  No different. This same thing was happening to edge rushers a couple years ago lol. Yawn, Clark, and Lawrence getting tagged while a few on here wanted to give Yawn a blank check. The good times lol

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