Rookie pay scale

[ItsNotGonnaBeAlright]

I can only find vague references and outright confusion on the internets about the formula for coming up with the new rookie salaries...mainly because it doesn't fully exist until the NFLPA votes on it. Since that hasn't stopped the FO from using this new wage scale as an excuse to drop big money on re-signing players, can anyone shed some light on what kind of numbers the team is using in regards to rookie pay?

I've seen that we will be spending somewhere in the range of $8 million on draft contracts this year. Don't know how that number was arrived at though.

[g5jamz]

Top ten get the average of the top ten players at that position. Resembles the franchise tag that uses the average of the top 5 players at that particular position.

[ItsNotGonnaBeAlright]

Top ten get the average of the top ten players at that position. Resembles the franchise tag that uses the average of the top 5 players at that particular position.

That's just the fifth year option. No one seems to have a definative clue on how base salaries will work.

[Carolina Crazy V2]

Well he can't get any more than 22 mil over 4 seasons. So it comes down to whether they will give him the max or negotiate that number down.

[ItsNotGonnaBeAlright]

Well he can't get any more than 22 mil over 4 seasons. So it comes down to whether they will give him the max or negotiate that number down.

Not talking about total contracts. Just talking year one pay scale. Can't find even an idea of how that is to be figured out, and it seems to be a frustrating point of confusion for GM's across the league.