Rookie pay scale

Word is RMJ could be cut this camp, too.

I could see someone throwing a 5th out there for Carter, but yeah, other than that its just been paying people too much.

 

not that a 5 is golden, but generally, we could live without those guys with or without the pick. If, during our clusterfuck that was a receiving corps last year, we picked up a veteran instead of Carter, I think we'd have been better off.

To me, you sign as many of these guys to 4 year deals right off, down to the 5th or 6th rounders. The bonus difference will be in the hundreds of dollars. Then you don't have to pay Michael Gaines $1.4 million for no reason.

 

We should have made it easy for someone to steal a lot of those guys.

 

I'D rather have RMJ than Welsey or Ricardo or maybe even gamble for that matter.

 

Okay, here's a rough outline I came up with this afternoon. BASE is base salary if the pick makes the roster. R3, R2, and R1 are high draft pick escalations. If the rookie wins a starting job, they get the START escalator. If the rookie makes the Pro Bowl, they get the PB bonus.



.......... BASE........ R3............. R2............. R1.......... START....... PB

ST...... $150K..... +$25K........ +$50K........ +$75K....... +$100K.... +$750

P........ $200K..... +$25K........ +$50K........ +$75K....... +$100K.... +$750

K........ $250K..... +$25K........ +$50K........ +$75K....... +$200K.... +$750

FB...... $200K..... +$25K........ +$50K........ +$75K....... +$100K.... +$750

S........ $200K..... +$25K....... +$100K...... +$250K...... +$450K..... +$1M

TE...... $250K..... +$25K....... +$100K...... +$250K...... +$450K..... +$1M

OLB.... $300K..... +$25K....... +$100K...... +$250K...... +$500K..... +$1M

DT...... $300K..... +$100K...... +$150K...... +$300K...... +$600K..... +$1M

DE...... $400K..... +$100K...... +$150K...... +$300K...... +$600K..... +$1M

WR..... $400K..... +$100K...... +$150K...... +$300K...... +$600K.... +$1.5M

CB...... $500K..... +$100K...... +$150K...... +$300K...... +$600K.... +$1.5M

HB...... $500K..... +$100K...... +$150K...... +$300K...... +$600K.... +$1.5M

MLB.... $750K..... +$50K....... +$100K...... +$250K...... +$750K..... +$2M

QB...... $750K..... +$50K....... +$100K...... +$250K...... $1.25M..... +$3M



INCENTIVES/BONUSES

ST: $150K for return specialist; $500K for 20+ yards per KR; $500K for 8+ yards per PR; $250K per TD

P: $250K for average of 40+ yards per attempt; $10K per coffin corner

K: $500K for .850 or higher completion percentage

FB: $500K for 3+ TDs; $400K for 750+ all purpose yards

S: $350K for 5+ INTs; $200K for 50+ tackles

TE: $500K for 3+ TDs; $250K for 40+ catches; $250K for 500+ yards receiving

OLB: $500K for 2+ turnovers; $500K for 5+ sacks; $500K for 80+ tackles

DT: $500K for 2+ turnovers; $1M for 5+ sacks

DE: $500K for 5+ sacks; $1M for 5+ turnovers

WR: $500K for 1000+ receiving yards; $1M for 7+ TDs; $500K for 60+ catches

CB: $500K for 40+ tackles; $500K for 25+ passes defensed; $1M for 5+ turnovers

HB: $500K for 4+ ypc; $1M for 5+ TDs; $1M for 1400+ all purpose yards

MLB: $750K for 100+ tackles; $500K for 5+ turnovers; $500K for 3+ sacks

QB: $1M for 3000+ yards passing; $750K for 10+ TDs

 

No way I'd rather have RMJ than Gamble. That's ludicrous.

 

what so great about gamble? Marshall should start over him.

I'd rather have Marshall, Lucas, and RMJ as the nickle, then our Secondary now.