re: Sam Bradford

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He lost at least 25 million from that....

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No he did not. They do not get paid $25M/per year. He just got his money a year later.

Leinart was the 10th pick (Had the Saints not signed Drew Brees, or the Texans taken Vince Young he goes in the top 3) He signed a 6 year $51M contract and got $14M in guaranteed money.

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The year before Alex Smith, the #1 pick got signed a 6 year $49.5 M and got $24M guaranteed.

That's a difference of $10M in guaranteed $, but that doesn't necessarily mean ML will earn $10 less.

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Neither of them has played well and are both likely to be cut/have the contracts redone at much lower numbers. This will happen to Smith sooner since he came out a year earlier.

Leinart also had elbow surgery after the 2004 season. How that would have affected his draft stock we will never know. At worst he delayed his earnings a year and maybe went lower, though after the season he was projected as top 3.

Delayed income does not = lost income.