Bengals UDFAs

[SunsetBengal]

(05-01-2016, 12:48 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I don't see how that could be possible.  Maybe they mean each individual round.  That would mean that if a total of 33 UDFAs made a roster somewhere in the league that would be more than the 32 guys taken in the second round.  That might be possible.


But I did see a stats that only 36% of the players in the NFL last year were drafted in the first three rounds.  That means almost 2/3rds of the players are mid-to-late draft picks or UDFAa.

How much of that is due to money?  In my opinion, more and more often, players with a higher degree of potential are finding themselves out of the league sooner than later.  Part of it may be the immediate expectations of high output.  As these players reach the end of their rookie deals, players that were drafted later, or even signed as UDFA are finding themselves developed and ready to assume starting roles, for much lower pay rates that players drafted in the top three rounds.

The combination of Salary Cap and CBA puts a tremendous amount of pressure on higher round draft picks to produce immediately, or face termination for a cheaper player that has had the time to develop at a lower pay grade.