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Agent’s Take: A look at the history of first-round pick contract extensions, and an emerging trend

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How NFL draft picks are compensated drastically changed with the 2011 collective bargaining agreement (CBA). A rookie wage scale, which reduced salaries for early first-round picks, was implemented. The 2020 CBA made minor tweaks to the system. All contracts for draft choices are four years in length under the rookie wage scale. Four-year deals in … Read more

Falcons don’t have ‘buyer’s remorse’ about first-round selection

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Although the Falcons selecting running back Bijan Robinson with the eighth overall pick of the 2023 NFL Draft was a controversial choice, it’s not one they regret. “We do not have buyer’s remorse,” Atlanta head coach Arthur Smith recently said of Robinson, per Michael Rothstein of ESPN.  In a recent report detailing the progress of … Read more

31 first-round picks, 31 first impressions: Early observations of the 2023 class

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Jun 19, 2023, 06:35 AM ET A few big-name NFL veterans stole the spotlight at mandatory minicamps by showing up, or not showing up, or delaying showing up. And it kept the news cycle humming. But we also asked our NFL Nation reporters to keep a close eye on their team’s first-round draft picks the … Read more