Ricker81
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Ricker81
@D_Ricker81
Yankees - Giants - Nets - Devils - Notre Dame
Katılım Nisan 2014
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We can have positional value debates. But can we all agree it would be crazy for the Cardinals to take a RB at 3?
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Ricker81 retweetledi
I will ponder this while I play with my rings…
Falcons & Fantasy Football@Falcons_Fantasy
Hot take: Matt Ryan was a better QB than Eli Manning… people just worship rings. Agree or nah? 👀
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friendly reminder of dan jones last 5 games:
6 tds 8 turnovers. 1-4 record
Indianapolis Colts@Colts
QB1 in the building.
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Transparency: The parts about Joe Schoen, Dawn Aponte & Chris Mara has been totally removed from the article
Bobby Skinner@BobbySkinner_
Focusing on things going forward -I understand why Dexter Lawrence doesn't like Joe Schoen but why would the agent not want to deal with Joe Schoen? -Chris Mara is involved in negotiations?
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The Giants select Sonny Styles at 5
The Giants select Caleb Downs at 10
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@NA_Dellsey @HorhayBlanco @CarlBanksGIII You’re losing me know. These are the guys you need to win. Why do you think they get paid what they get paid?
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@D_Ricker81 @HorhayBlanco @CarlBanksGIII But the whole point of premium position has to do with money. Why would I want a player that is going to cost me infinitely more in a second contract?
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Can someone please explain *positional value*, cause I got questions.
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@NA_Dellsey @HorhayBlanco @CarlBanksGIII It does make sense. Just not as much sense as having an excellent player at a premium position cheaper. But by your own words the RB isn’t cheap. He’s the mostly the same cost as he would be on his 2nd contract
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@D_Ricker81 @HorhayBlanco @CarlBanksGIII I don’t understand why having an excellent offensive weapon for cheap makes no sense
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@NA_Dellsey @HorhayBlanco @CarlBanksGIII It’s not just the 1st 5 years. But 5 years also isnt a short amount of time. You said the RB is better bc it’s not much of a raise. Draft a RB so you don’t have to pay him as much on a 2nd contract then you would an OL/DL/WR/CB? That makes no sense in any scenario
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@D_Ricker81 @HorhayBlanco @CarlBanksGIII It is short term thinking if you’re only thinking about the first five years
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@NA_Dellsey @HorhayBlanco @CarlBanksGIII Again nobody is saying to reach for players that are in a lower tier. It’s just this year is not ideal having a top 5 pick and the likely best players are a LB/S/RB/G
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@NA_Dellsey @HorhayBlanco @CarlBanksGIII It’s not short term thinking. 5 years is t short term & then the extension kicks I. You can play your cap gymnastics if needed. Imagine 50mm per year production for 50mm total in 4 years. Imagine taking that savings and addressing the other positions with it.
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@Alex9620x @NJSportsDoc @CarlBanksGIII When you have a top 5 pick you are hoping to land an impact player at a premium position that you can get at a discount for 5 years.
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@Alex9620x @NJSportsDoc @CarlBanksGIII Nobody is saying to do that. That’s why this years draft at the top is so uninspiring at the top. The “best players” are mostly at non-premium positions. So now it’s like do we take a LB/RB/G/S bc trade back seems unlikely and the premium positions just aren’t there.
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@NA_Dellsey @HorhayBlanco @CarlBanksGIII That’s kind of the point. If you hit on a RB you are paying top dollar for a less premium position from day 1 vs getting a massive discount if you hit at the higher valued positions. Look what Anderson just got from Houston. 5 cheap years for top tier production.
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@HorhayBlanco @CarlBanksGIII Question: how do you value a second contract into this equation? It seems to me the RB is better for future planning because if the pick hits, you are not taking a huge cap hit on the raise
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@NJSportsDoc @Alex9620x @CarlBanksGIII Correct. And that same principal can be applied to all the other highly paid positions.
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@D_Ricker81 @Alex9620x @CarlBanksGIII Starting quarterback on a rookie contract is an NFL cheat code.
Good starting NFL QBs cost $50M+ per year.
Mendoza is gonna cost the Raiders about $50M total over 4 years.
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@Alex9620x @NJSportsDoc @CarlBanksGIII Correct. And those the positions that are the most compensated.
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@D_Ricker81 @NJSportsDoc @CarlBanksGIII The best player available is the one that can positively impact the game the most and helps you win games. Because at the end of the day, that’s the ultimate goal
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@hawkblogger Also worth noting there’s input bias here. Less RBs are going to be round 1 picks and top-20 contracts because less RBs go round 1.
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Cool concept from Jason looking at the top 20 contracts by position and whether those players were drafted by that team or signed as a free agent.
This absolutely factors into front office draft priorities. Of course, there are always exceptions.
Jason_OTC@Jason_OTC
Looking at Positional Draft Success and Free Agent Availability in the NFL overthecap.com/2026-positiona…
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