'05 NFL Draft Trade Value Chart

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You still have a draft order - so in the case of 8 teams wanting the same guy, the first team to pick would get him, same as now, no bidding war. However, the salaries would be basically set before the draft, so there'd be no question of a guy being worth the 6th spot in the 2nd round, but not being worth the 4th spot in the 2nd round - all that is determined up front.

I think the biggest problem would be getting the players' union to agree to it - the current system pretty well assures that all of the marquee players are employed and well-paid, in my system it would be possible, although doubtful, for a first-round pick to go undrafted.

Of course it's not well-thought out - it's a post on a message board, but I think it could be viable if the owners and players agreed to it and worked on the details.