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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
To be fair a quarter million and a 5th round pick is a little more than a slap on the wrist as a 5th round pick in the NFL can be a starting player.
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Yeah some 5th round picks definitely make it, but I bet the majority do not. Was looking at a chart which is admittedly almost a decade old, but it's showing by Year 3, most 5th round picks are no longer with the team that drafted them (38%). The big % drop seems to occur after round 4.
I just think if you're chasing a premier free agent in week 1 of UFA, you're not going to let a 5th round pick and $250K scare you off tampering, especially if you're offering said UFA tens of millions. If I'm a GM/owner, I'd happily sacrifice that to land a UFA I'm coveting.