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(10-01-2017, 12:23 PM)El guapo Wrote: The rookie wage scale is being blamed for the decline in play because the second contract players are getting cut in favor of cheap young players.

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I would put it wellll behind other things like lack of practice and the current college game. There's a ton of college players out there who have never had a playbook before, have never had to run anything resembling a pro offense, which means they haven't had to defend against a pro offense either. Meanwhile they're not practicing tackling, yet expect to be able to tackle.

Practice and college spread/read are what's caused the decline.

Sure the rookie wage scale has caused teams to be younger/less experienced, but I think the rookie wage scale still helps way more than it hurts. Matthew Stafford signed a 6yr/$72m contract as a rookie in 2009. In 2011 (sportrac salary rankings only go back to 2011) he was still the 8th highest paid QB in the league and tied for 21st highest paid among ALL positions.

Jamarcus Russell got a 6yr/$61m contract in 2007 without playing a snap of NFL football. Even in 2011, 4 years later, that would have put him as like the 15th or so highest paid QB in the league.