Boom or Bust Draft

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(05-17-2019, 02:32 AM)Shady Wrote: Good idea.

One easy metric is salary.

And that's why so many teams nowadays in the playoffs have starting QBs on rookie contracts.
HOU
KC
LAR
PHI
DAL
CHI

That's 50% of the teams last year that made the playoffs with starting QBs on rookie contracts. By not having to pay $20+ mill a year for QB, they can put that money toward other positions to make a better team overall.
Add in BAL, who started Lamar Jackson, but they were still paying the high price for Flacco. Now, they freed up that salary from Flacco. So that's more than 50% of the teams.
The teams who don't have starting QBs on rookie contracts have QBs who are all arguably in the Top 10 (Brady, Brees, Rivers, Luck, Wilson).

The other positions that are expensive for good players in FA are WR, CB, LT, and EDGE. It's good to find a good starter at these positions while on rookie contracts rather than having to pay the premium in FA for them. So it might actually help the Bengals if they fill in the other positions with veterans because those other positions will be cheaper overall.