EJ Manuel Signed

[BLeonard]

Per V-Text

All Draft Picks now signed.

-Bill

[Don't Panic]

Manuel Signed

Per v-text. All picks now signed.

[BidsJr]

EJ Signed Per V-Text

NM

[Don't Panic]

Re: EJ Manuel Signed

Should have known I wouldn't be the only one... Mods, please merge.

[whkfc]

Re: EJ Manuel Signed

On a side note not thread worthy Tarvaris Jackson went back to the
Seahawks

[PromoTheRobot]

Re: EJ Manuel Signed

Per V-Text

All Draft Picks now signed.

-Bill

Ralph is cheap.

PTR

[swiper]

Re: EJ Manuel Signed

Now go sign Byrd.

[The Jokeman]

Re: EJ Manuel Signed

The only thing I don't like is it was only a 4 year dear but guess that's the norm but prefer we sign him as long as possible and thought 1st Rounders have the ability to be signed to 5 year deals.

[MidnightVoice]

Re: EJ Manuel Signed

Here is NFL's draft tracker (only 8 1st rounders signed)

http://www.nfl.com/draft/story/0ap1000000168476/article/signing-status-for-2013-nfl-draft-firstround-picks

[Homegrown]

Re: EJ Manuel Signed

Cue the GR-550 "Mighty Taco" ads

[justasportsfan]

Re: EJ Manuel Signed

Wow! Cheap Ralph got EJ to be the the 8th 1st rd pick signed instead of trying to lowball him?

[OLDSRIP]

Re: EJ Manuel Signed

Here is NFL's draft tracker (only 8 1st rounders signed)

http://www.nfl.com/draft/story/0ap10...rstround-picks

Why are the Bills the only one who can't sign their draft picks? The Bills are cheap. Brandon doesn't know what he is doing. Did I get them all?

[trapezeus]

Re: EJ Manuel Signed

i think that point if true is valid. why is it a 4 year deal? if he ends up sucking, we'll be happy...but honestly i thought one of the points of reaching for your qb was to get the extra year in case he needs to learn.

i think this makes it likely that he'll be starting sooner than later.

[BillsFever21]

Re: EJ Manuel Signed

That's the upside and downside of the new rookie cap. Before you would get them guys for 5-7 years depending on how high they were drafted but at a much higher price. The tradeoff for the rookies getting a lower salary is a shorter term contract. If they end up being a good player then they can hit FA in their mid 20's and just entering their prime instead of having to wait a couple more years. On the long end they can end up with another contract when they're around 30 years old instead of being on the wrong side of 30.

You have to take the good with the bad. Although if they do work out and you could lose them sooner I like the rookie cap. Teams will have to pay up for them if they are a good player and want to keep them around. The downside for a team like the Bills is we have a hard enough time keeping the guys to stay in the first place and now it's a shorter amount of time before they become a free agent.

The position it helps the most is probably running backs since they have the shortest shelf life in the NFL. Before if they had to wait 6 years before they became a FA they would be around 28 years old already when they usually start breaking down around 30 years old. That limited their ability to get a bigger FA deal after their rookie contract ended. Now they will be around 25 or so and just entering their prime and teams won't hesitate to give them a 5 year deal at a higher price.

[SquishDaFish]

Re: EJ Manuel Signed

That's the upside and downside of the new rookie cap. Before you would get them guys for 5-7 years depending on how high they were drafted but at a much higher price. The tradeoff for the rookies getting a lower salary is a shorter term contract. If they end up being a good player then they can hit FA in their mid 20's and just entering their prime instead of having to wait a couple more years. On the long end they can end up with another contract when they're around 30 years old instead of being on the wrong side of 30.

You have to take the good with the bad. Although if they do work out and you could lose them sooner I like the rookie cap. Teams will have to pay up for them if they are a good player and want to keep them around. The downside for a team like the Bills is we have a hard enough time keeping the guys to stay in the first place and now it's a shorter amount of time before they become a free agent.

The position it helps the most is probably running backs since they have the shortest shelf life in the NFL. Before if they had to wait 6 years before they became a FA they would be around 28 years old already when they usually start breaking down around 30 years old. That limited their ability to get a bigger FA deal after their rookie contract ended. Now they will be around 25 or so and just entering their prime and teams won't hesitate to give them a 5 year deal at a higher price.

The point of the question was that with the new and current CBA is 1st round picks can be signed to 5 years hence the reason people wanted a QB in rd 1. But he only got a 4 year deal which is for 2nd rd picks and lower. Doesnt make sense.