Chiefs Have About $6 Million In Rookie Pool
by Joel Thorman on May 8, 2010 5:08 PM CDT
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PrintEven though there's not a salary cap in 2010, the NFL's rookie pool continues. The rookie pool is the maximum amount of cap space a team can spend on its rookies. This is part of the reason you'll see JaMarcus Russell get paid $3.2 million in year one and $19.9 million in year two.
This year the Chiefs have about $6 million, according to ESPN's Len Pasquarelli who obtained the full list.
No. 1 on the list is the Rams with nearly $7.6 million in the rookie pool. Two years ago the Chiefs led all teams with $8.2 million in the rookie pool. That year Tyson Jackson counted just $2.86 million against the cap -- according to USA Today's salary database -- so the big contracts don't necessarily mean a big cap number in year one.
This includes all draft choices as well as any undrafted free agents that make the team.
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I'll gladly take a year 1 first round pick rookie contract.
2/3 of the Earth is covered by water. The rest is covered by Eric Berry.
I guess now we KNOW how Pioli feels about safeties that high... hahahaha
by Red N Gold Beast on May 8, 2010 5:12 PM CDT reply actions
can I haz?
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
Seems that might pay for Eric's new Camaro
http://www.arrowheadpride.com/2010/4/27/1447336/chiefs-s-eric-berrys-new-camaro
"For what we are about to see next, we must enter quietly into the realm of genius." Scott "Young Frankenstein" Pioli
FML
Jamarcus Russell was getting paid my annual salary….Every day of the year.
That seems unfair that I don’t suck at my job and get paid 1/365th what he gets paid for being terrible…lol.
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by bigbe on May 8, 2010 6:28 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
So, now you're telling me that
as if they don’t make enough money already, these rookies have a six million dollar swimming pool (cement pond) to swim around in?………….lol……..;>}
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