It's far too early to judge an NFL player based off of their first season
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Many have already labeled a handful of the top 2017 draft picks as busts, believing teams will forever regret the players they selected. However, let's remember that the likes of John Elway, Peyton Manning and Antonio Brown didn't exactly have great rookie seasons. It's just too early to go that route with some of last year's draft selections.
But on the flip side, some people get a little too excited about a player shining in his rookie year. Take recent Rookie of the Year winners like Robert Griffin III, Sam Bradford, Aldon Smith, Shawn Merriman, Vince Young and Percy Harvin. See? A great rookie year doesn't mean you're going to have a phenomenal NFL career. Not even close.
When we take a look at how the 2017 rookies fared, you'll see a handful of them made immediate impacts. This included New Orleans Saints stars Marshon Lattimore and Alvin Kamara, who won DPOY and OPOY awards, respectively. Deshaun Watson and Leonard Fournette also had excellent rookie seasons
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The 2018 NFL season will be home to some breakout campaigns from second-year players, while others will struggle to build off the success of their first seasons. Here are 10 NFL sophomores that will break out in 2018, and 10 that will actually regress.
When Rams running back Todd Gurley recently visited the #PFTPM podcast, he seemed to be more than willing (or maybe just regular willing) to wait his turn for a new contract. His turn unexpectedly came quickly.
Per a source with knowledge of the situation, the deal was negotiated over the past week or so. In the end, the Rams made Gurley an offer that it would have been difficult for him to refuse.
While the details still aren’t known (we’re efforting), the guts of the contract permit a basic level of analysis. The four-year, $60 million extension, when coupled with the money Gurley was due to make over the next two years, puts him under contract for six years, at a total value of $71.949 million. That’s a total average of $11.99 million over all six years
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He’ll hold that title until Le'Veon Bell signs his new deal next year. And, in theory, Gurley could have waited for Bell to set a new bar next year. But Gurley was due to make only $2.3 million this year. That will now change, dramatically.
Given that the Rams could have tagged Gurley in 2020 (the tender would have been at least $11.556 million) and 2021 (at least $13.86 million), Gurley swapped a four-year, year-to-year total of $37.3 million for six years and nearly $72 million.
Even if a large chunk of the $45 million in guarantees is guaranteed for injury only (and that’s definitely the case), he has protect against a catastrophic injury — and he plays a position where injuries of that kind occur.
So even without the full details, it looks like a win-win. Especially since Gurley plays a position where most quality players inevitable lose financially.
