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When we got our mitts on the new draft trade chart that’s making the rounds in league circles, we were told that roughly eleven teams and counting are planning to use it as of 2008.
One of those teams apparently is the Philadelphia Eagles.
Earlier this week, Eagles president Joe Banner publicly commented on the revisions to the chart, which teams have been using since the 1990s.
“There is no question that the dynamic of the first round has changed very dramatically,” Banner said. “There is no question, in my mind at least, that the old system is no longer applicable for trades in the first round. The question is, do we have a viable replacement about which is a consensus that it makes sense?
“I don’t think there’s anybody who could intelligently argue that you don’t have to [use a new chart]. Even if you work off the old chart, but kind of adjust it in your head, the old chart does not make sense anymore with the economics of the guaranteed money in the first round.”
The new chart that has been developed by multiple teams is right here. Most of the changes appear in round one, with the first four picks shrinking in point value and the rest of the round-one selections increasing.
April 17th, 2008 at 7:23 am
The only teams NOT in favor of a new chart: Miami, St Louis, Atlanta, and Oakland.
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April 17th, 2008 at 7:30 am
That chart is still awful.. considering the fact that the #1 overall pick equals about the 19th and 20th pick combined seems pretty ludicrous. This would be a chart if a team in the lower half of round 1 was trying to fleece a top half team. If you made the #1 pick worth about 2500 points kept the 19-20 spots in the same range and made their combined value in the 7-8-9-10 range then it’d make alot more sense.
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April 17th, 2008 at 7:56 am
Of course the Eagles and Banner embrace it, they have good trade bait and want to move up as far as they can. Barring a trade for a receiver, look for them to move up and grab a top O Tackle!
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April 17th, 2008 at 8:05 am
Of course a team like the eagles like it. How many top ten picks have the eagles had in the last nine years? None. So who wouldn’t support a system where your 1st rounder is worth more than it used to?
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April 17th, 2008 at 8:21 am
On the contrary Miami, St Louis, Atlanta, and Oakland might have been the first 5 teams to endorse the new chart. It’s the only way in hades that they have a chance of trading down.
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April 17th, 2008 at 9:10 am
Teams, in general, don’t want to be in the top spots anymore because the spots are too cost prohibitive. Why else would we hear so much about teams trying to trade down. You can get two lower round #1s for about the same cost as the top player, with less risk of it being a total bust.
A team would not trade down if they felt it was to their advantage to stay put. The draft chart as it stands is outdated, unless a rookie salary cap is in place, limiting the hit that teams take by acquiring talent that has yet to prove itself at a professional level.
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April 17th, 2008 at 9:46 am
Seems as if teams might just milk the chart that is advantageous to them as much as they can the next year or two, until one chart becomes the consensus. Why wouldn’t the Dolphins try to milk an extra 4th rounder or so out of a team by claiming they support the old chart?
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April 17th, 2008 at 9:59 am
It is inevitable that the first few picks of round one were going to lose value. The agents have outdone themselves and now the draft no longer necessarily favors the “weak” teams that draft first. Look at what a Ryan Leaf can do to an organization. The team basically has to give it a minimum of 3 years to pan out with the incredible investment that must be made. 3 years of Ryan Leaf isn’t good for anyone.
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April 17th, 2008 at 10:03 am
The people who say the worst teams are NOT in favor of the new chart have absolutely zero clue.
Why do you think the league has been trying to come up with a new chart, geniuses?!? Because the teams that get stuck with top 10 picks every year want to trade down and get more picks, so they’re not locked into paying in upwards of 30 million + in guaranteed contracts on a guy who more often than not never even remotely come close to meeting that potential.
I laugh my ass off at some of the rationale you people try to put together on here. Too funny.
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April 17th, 2008 at 11:07 am
I’m happy they are embracing it, I would love to see the Birds get another lineman in the top of the draft. It’s really our weakest position. *groan*
I’d be happier if there were a receiver worth taking in the top 10 and the Birds had a chance to go draft him. I can see it now….
“Hey, Donovan, go develop this top flight receiver so when we trade you Kolb has a top flight receiver.”
Now THAT would be theatre.
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April 17th, 2008 at 11:34 am
There just really needs to be a rookie salary cap based on draft position. Every 1st rounder gets an automatic 2 year deal worth $xx based on their draft position, and becomes a restricted free agent after that. Prove your worth a damn, then you get paid.
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