atlantacowboy
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I get it, but drafting a RB that high sort of negates a lot of the savings a rookie deal typically provides relative to other positions on the field. For example, Wentz got a 4 year $26.7 million rookie contract ($6.67 mil/year). His new contract pays him 4 year $128 million ($32 million/year). So his rookie deal he was only making 20.8% of what he is making now.
Compare that to Zeke. He made an average of $6.2 mil/year on his rookie deal and is increasing to $15 mil/year. He got paid 41.5% of his current value as a rookie. That's double the worth of a QB drafted just ahead of him.
A rookie QB is absolutely the best contract in the NFL b/c the position has such a high ceiling. No argument here. I was against drafting Zeke. I was against paying him when he held out......... not a zeke fan.