View Full Version : How will BUF spend their rookie pool $ next year, without a 1st rnd pick?
stuckincincy
10-29-2014, 09:54 AM
Just wondering what they will do, not having to have a #1 pick $ take a bite out of the draft cap.
CBA experts - feel free to chime in. I don't know if their rookie pool gets reduced because of not having a 1st round selection.
Do you think they will make a move back into the 1st, or move up in the 2nd or latter rounds if they have the pool cash to do so?
Deal for extra picks?
I'm pretty sure that the rookie pool is based on the picks you have. So not having a #1 would reduce the pool. Each pick of each round has an allotted contract value so I believe the rookie pool is determined after the draft based on the picks that were used.
stuckincincy
10-29-2014, 10:10 AM
I'm pretty sure that the rookie pool is based on the picks you have. So not having a #1 would reduce the pool. Each pick of each round has an allotted contract value so I believe the rookie pool is determined after the draft based on the picks that were used.
Thanks. But I believe the pool is also adjusted for final season record - the parity thing.
Thanks. But I believe the pool is also adjusted for final season record - the parity thing.
Well teams with higher draft picks are going to have to have higher pool amounts since their picks are more valuable, but I would assume that the actual pool amount can't be finalized until after the draft since picks can be traded. If a team trades back into the first round, they can't just pay both first rounders less than normal in order to fit under a pool limit. They would have to adjust the pool amount. I'm not certain on any of this, but that is how I understand it.
stuckincincy
10-29-2014, 10:49 AM
Well teams with higher draft picks are going to have to have higher pool amounts since their picks are more valuable, but I would assume that the actual pool amount can't be finalized until after the draft since picks can be traded. If a team trades back into the first round, they can't just pay both first rounders less than normal in order to fit under a pool limit. They would have to adjust the pool amount. I'm not certain on any of this, but that is how I understand it.
I have trouble figuring it out myself, Ed.
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