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re: So what's going on with Marvin Harrison Jr? Will not be working out at OSU pro day
Posted on 3/20/24 at 1:52 pm to Cosmo
Posted on 3/20/24 at 1:52 pm to Cosmo
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Gonna fall in draft.
Maybe that's the plan. If you're taken in the second round (I don't think he will be) you don't have a 5th year option on your contract and can get to free agency a year quicker or into negotiation of extensions two years quicker.
Posted on 3/20/24 at 2:07 pm to RolltidePA
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Maybe that's the plan. If you're taken in the second round (I don't think he will be) you don't have a 5th year option on your contract and can get to free agency a year quicker or into negotiation of extensions two years quicker.
That would be some real galaxy brain stuff there
Total value for 4th overall pick = 36 mil
Total value for being pick 33 = 9.8 mil
You become eligible for an extension at the same time either way, and NFL teams can still restrict your free agency via the tag, so there isn’t a whole lot of benefit to being in the 2nd round vs the 1st, even if only looking at it from a 2nd contract perspective
Hard to assume you are guaranteed to ever make up that 20 plus million dollar difference (more if you include the opportunity cost of having that money now vs having that same money in 4 years)
Not to mention once you get to the 2nd round, you are back in the range of usually the worst offensive situations available to you, and if he some how fell that far, he’d have very little chance to fall much further with teams like the panthers and others at the top of the round ready to pounce
Posted on 3/20/24 at 2:18 pm to wildtigercat93
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and if he some how fell that far, he’d have very little chance to fall much further with teams like the panthers and others at the top of the round ready to pounce
It would take a La’el Collins situation because at some point, a team would just see your talent outweigh everything else, including what round you want to go in
Posted on 3/20/24 at 2:21 pm to wildtigercat93
Not saying it makes a ton of sense, but I've heard NFL GM's repeat over and over that the most important thing for a player to do financially is to get to free agency as fast as they possibly can. Rookie contracts are not very lucrative. The club option 5th year is a real obstacle for a player. If you listen to the NFL network GM's on there talk about how 2nd round picks have a distinct advantage over 1st round players because of that option year
Justin Jefferson's rookie contract was $13 million over 4 years with a $7 million signing bonus. His next contract will pay over $30 million per year or more. Even with the tag you are getting the average of the top 5 salaries, which would land you in the $27 million range. That beats playing that 5th year club option for $9 Million and then getting the tag. A guy like Amari Cooper, solid but not elite is making $24 million per year.
All of this is moot because no way he's dipping into the second round, but there are built in advantages.
Justin Jefferson's rookie contract was $13 million over 4 years with a $7 million signing bonus. His next contract will pay over $30 million per year or more. Even with the tag you are getting the average of the top 5 salaries, which would land you in the $27 million range. That beats playing that 5th year club option for $9 Million and then getting the tag. A guy like Amari Cooper, solid but not elite is making $24 million per year.
All of this is moot because no way he's dipping into the second round, but there are built in advantages.
Posted on 3/20/24 at 3:30 pm to Big Scrub TX
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The board won't like this. Anything that smacks of players not laying entirely prostrate before other stakeholders in the situation is a no no.
Yes bro, modern day slavery, amiright???
Posted on 3/20/24 at 3:36 pm to RolltidePA
This is arguing that someone is elite or great. The draft is full of can't miss first round picks that just don't translate or get injured early, so the risk reward definitely benefits an early first round pick.
Posted on 3/20/24 at 3:42 pm to SammyTiger
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Gonna fall in draft. Teams scared his dad is gonna murder people again.
I actually believe in property rights strongly. While it’s awful it happened, he had every right to shoot the guy (allegedly) from everything I’ve read. Maybe I missed something.
This post was edited on 3/20/24 at 3:44 pm
Posted on 3/20/24 at 3:46 pm to Hayekian serf
That situation was weird. By all accounts Marvin Harrison was a quiet, unassuming dude that did his job without controversy his entire career. Then someone got shot at his business and he has this new reputation. Weird all around.
Posted on 3/20/24 at 4:19 pm to slackster
quote:Funny because legit the only reason he won the Biletnikoff over Nabers was because he was supposedly just soooooo much better, it was just obvious.
I think he’s still really good, but there isn’t an ounce of doubt that he’s the projected top WR on name alone. He belongs in the top 4 or so, but this lock to be the top guy is ridiculous.
Now as we get closer and closer to the draft, the analysts seem to like Nabers more and more and the whispers are that more and more GMs are putting Nabers over MHJ.
So perhaps MHJ is still the better prospect and is drafted ahead of Nabers, but it is no longer super duper obvious, so back to the original point...why did he win the Biletnikoff over Nabers again?
Oops!
Posted on 3/20/24 at 4:33 pm to whowasbert
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He already knows/has a guarantee that ARI is taking him at #4
As an AZ fan I hope not Murray is more than enough diva for one roster, hope they take MN.
Posted on 3/20/24 at 4:47 pm to wildtigercat93
quote:And I would point out to you that Harrison was absolutely the #1 WR in the game until he was injured and missed the entire 4th quarter. He had 5 catches for 106 yds and 2 TDs thru 3 quarters against the nation’s toughest defense that year. And comparing his stats to Nabers in the SEC championship game is disingenuous. Harrison put up stats in a close game. Nabers did so in a blow out loss. It’s not an apples to apples comparison.
I would point out to you that MHJ was not the leading WR for OSU in that game and that in the game prior to that one in the SEC title game, Nabors had similar production (more yards) against that same Georgia defense with a backup QB
Posted on 3/20/24 at 4:59 pm to sicboy
Chase literally skipped an entire year and was drafted in the top 5.
If teams think he can play, this won't hurt his stock at all
If teams think he can play, this won't hurt his stock at all
Posted on 3/20/24 at 5:05 pm to StatMaster
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And I would point out to you that Harrison was absolutely the #1 WR in the game until he was injured and missed the entire 4th quarter. He had 5 catches for 106 yds and 2 TDs thru 3 quarters against the nation’s toughest defense that year. And comparing his stats to Nabers in the SEC championship game is disingenuous. Harrison put up stats in a close game. Nabers did so in a blow out loss. It’s not an apples to apples comparison.
Yea UGA was up 30 points at halftime against LSU. Scoring garbage time TDs against 2nd stringers isn't the same as being up by 14 points when the second best player on the entire field (aside from Stroud) went out for what many people would say was a dirty hit (I won't say targeting but that is unnecessary roughness all day in the NFL).
LSU fans lose their minds with the hype they have for their guys every year
Posted on 3/20/24 at 5:27 pm to Buckeye06
How do you get knocked out from a hit that isn't targeting?
Posted on 3/20/24 at 5:49 pm to Buckeye06
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Chase literally skipped an entire year and was drafted in the top 5.
LINK
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Former LSU wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase, a projected first-round pick in the NFL draft, revealed Thursday he had COVID-19 and had trouble breathing, which led to his decision to opt out of the 2020-21 college football season.
In an interview with NFL Network's Jane Slater, Chase said he needed asthma pumps while dealing with the virus.
"That's what really made me think about my decision the most, 'cause I couldn't breathe as much and I was even using asthma pumps, and I haven't had asthma since I was a kid.
"I'm just trying to look at my health in the long experience and make sure I'm in good health," Chase told Slater.
He didn't sit out for anything that could be perceived as a "character issue", and he did all the things leading up to the draft to get ready.
And for the record, I never claimed this was going to hurt his draft stock. He's going to go top 5 at least. Just peculiar decisions from the outside.
Also, Howard Blazer tweeted this today:
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Confirmed that Marvin Harrison Jr. told Cardinals of his plan not to work out at his Pro Day unless the team said they wanted to see something or wanted him to. They were fine with him continuing to work out at Ohio State to prepare for football rather than drills/timing.
Posted on 3/20/24 at 5:55 pm to sicboy
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Confirmed that Marvin Harrison Jr. told Cardinals of his plan not to work out at his Pro Day unless the team said they wanted to see something or wanted him to. They were fine with him continuing to work out at Ohio State to prepare for football rather than drills/timing.
/thread
Posted on 3/20/24 at 6:41 pm to sicboy
Whoever gets Odunze will be happier than any other team that drafts a WR.
Posted on 3/20/24 at 7:07 pm to sicboy
Weird
This post was edited on 3/20/24 at 7:09 pm
Posted on 3/20/24 at 8:34 pm to sicboy
Am I allowed to like both Harrison Jr and Nabors?
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