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Originally Posted by That Guy

i'd be shocked if we needed more than 4mill for rookies. they'll all basically be vet min deals. only the 2nd round guy is going to get any kind of money, and he's a late pick at that.

plus any of the late rounders that don't make it out of camp disappear. yay for non-guaranteed contracts.

Polian basically said you need 3-4 mil for the draftees which you know exactly how much based on research of where your draft picks are based on the new rookie wage scale. They would then estimate one to two trades up just to have some wiggle room. They would then evaluate the roster for people they think could be reasonably likely to end up on IR and budget for that. Between that and 8 practice squad guys you are looking at 4-5 mil which put him at his figure of 8.5-9 mil in space.