If you could pick at the beginning of your career - would you rather be the 3rd RB drafted or the first punter drafted? I'm throwing out first and second because there's always some ridiculous situation like Barkley that isn't really indicative of where the average star running back goes in the draft.

Obviously you make more as an RB. but your career is probably much shorter, and there's that pesky CTE/not being able to walk for the rest of your life risk.

Here's the contract of the first punter drafted in 2018 ($290,152 signing bonus):



Here's the contract of the 3rd RB drafted ($5.08 million signing bonus):



I'd be curious to see the average second contract of say an RB drafted in the first 3 rounds.

Well here's Barkely. $20.767 million signing bonus.



Hmmm I was looking at the guaranteed money and forgetting about the signing bonus. Probably not close except for CTE. Somewhere there's a line where you'd rather be a punter probably.

what odds will you give and how much?

Definitely punter. No way I can take a hit from a NFL player.

If you guarantee me a 15-20 year career that rises with the salary cap, I think I snap take the punter

Still, I think lots of people from lower SES backgrounds will succumb to the allure of being the next Travis Henry (briefly a stud RB until being all about that life took it all away from him)

...Which naturally led me down an internet rabbit hole. Per wiki:

There is no reason a team can’t offer bell 4/70 with only the first year guaranteed. Also I’d much rather be a rb who makes more. Even if you’re out of the league at 26 you can then go to work and make money between 26 and 36 so it’s not just nfl salary that matters.

My 1st born son will have his right arm tied behind his back until the age of 5, at which point I point I will begin teaching him to pitch and be a long snapper. He will play 2 pro sports as a LS specialist and loogy.

Bell will get 30+M guaranteed this offseason no doubt

Had to triple check that the blue tick was there

bell was offered basically that contract and turned it down. he wants more guaranteed and less BS un-guaranteed years. i doubt he gets 3 years guaranteed but i think he's shooting for 30M plus at this point.

I couldn't believe my eyes when I finally realized that was real.

I gave my family a multiple choice guess as to what absurd position she was getting considered for, and they all leaped at option B, American Idol judge. No one could believe this is true.

That’s something I’d have expected Black Adam Schefter to tweet, ironically

Le'veon is shooting for 45M guaranteed and 17M a year. 15M, he'd rather sit out.

I thought there was some college coach whose nickname was Condi.

Browns must have had a consultant come in a give a "think outside the box" seminar

Maybe the Jets can get Dick Cheney

Onion

Is there any precedent for this? Between this and the guy they fired earlier, I'm starting to wonder if maybe they're trying to cover up/squash some kind of Tim Donaghy situation.

Condi does follow football, I assume it's an exec/politics job not a head coaching one obviously.

It's Jon Gruden talking about Nathan Peterman before the draft.

This sounds very Jetsy to me.

Not sure exactly what year Gruden is currently living in, but he might be all over this too.

If this whole thing is actually real, I think the best interpretation of all of this is that the Browns just want to give a giant **** you to the Rooney Rule.

NFL: You need to interview a minority candidate
Browns: Yeah, we interviewed Condi, so we're good.

they just employed Hue Jackson through a 1-31 stretch, didn't they?

they should get a lifetime exemption from that rule.. no racist

Josh Johnson hasn't thrown a pass since 2011 but has been bouncing around for a few weeks in the league every year since. The NFL, pissed at Kapernick for being out of the league since 16 but let's call in Josh Johnson.

Kinda surprised Sam Bradford isn't on this list.