tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8455109540491757683.post3253244287427987837..comments2023-10-28T00:40:00.696-04:00Comments on Barrel of Rum: Dealing with success....Barrel of Rumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02182361928765375469noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8455109540491757683.post-83844308002835660152009-11-17T11:30:49.914-05:002009-11-17T11:30:49.914-05:00A great point. This year presents a very interest...A great point. This year presents a very interesting dynamic with the NFL labor situation. A new NFL collective bargaining agreement will most likely include a rookie wage scale- greatly limiting how much a player can earn his first three years in the league. This may induce some players with marginal draft grades to leap early. I agree with the idea that some players may improve their draft status but think it's rare. If you're a top pick, you need to go & get paid. Let's look at our kids. Derrick Morgan is the top-rated DE on most draft analysts "boards" & is a consensus 1st round pick-with the injury risk it makes sense to leave. Dwyer has been projected anywhere between the 1st -3rd round. My feeling is he's a late 1st rounder. It makes sense for him to leave because 1) he doesn't have much room to improve, & 2) the position he plays greatly increases his risk of injury. In our system Dwyer takes a pounding. Might be too risky to stick around. Burnett & BayBay are up in the air. I expect they'll submit their names for evaluation by the NFL. That's a smart & logical thing to do. After that, who knows? I would LOVE to see all our guys return for a MNC run next year. If so, great. If they leave I wish them nothing but the best...<br />-HashAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8455109540491757683.post-69309062057483710352009-11-17T09:36:08.402-05:002009-11-17T09:36:08.402-05:00Agree about the Juniors possibly leaving early - t...Agree about the Juniors possibly leaving early - they've given their best at GT and have brilliant futures ahead. Kudos! CPJ said as much at the ATL TD Club on Monday. BUT, he also added somrthing very interesting after that: how much could a player improve their draft status (and NFL paycheck) by playing another year in college ? That is the question to evaluate. $10 million signing bonus is a lot, but very little salary beyond that is Guaranteed in NFL contracts. His example was that Matt Ryan coming back for his final year at BC effectively earned him $29 million over what he would have made coming out early...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com