Rams | Team's rookie pool money announced

[RamWraith]

Rams | Team's rookie pool money announced
Wed, 7 May 2008 22:12:22 -0700

John Clayton, of ESPN.com, reports the St. Louis Rams have been given $5,997,510 to sign their eight draft picks from the 2008 NFL Draft.

[laram0]

How is that number determined???


Is it enough???

[tomahawk247]

its the third highest in the NFL behind the Chiefs and Dolphins who are at 1 and 2 respectively

[Nick]

How is that number determined???

I believe it depends on where you're picking and the number of picks you have.

Is it enough???

It'll have to be.

[Ramblin` Ram]

on field matters i feel pretty confident in my knowledge of the game but off-field stuff im as clueless as a blowfish....does seem pretty low,like that figure would be enough for Long and Avery,perhaps Greco.. mind like i said..im not clued up in all the F.O.kinda stuff!

[Keenum]

So is that bonus money that we put with our cap space, or is that just the amount that we are allowed to spend for this year?

[evil disco man]

How is that number determined???


Is it enough???

It's normally between $5-6 million.

[Nick]

So is that bonus money that we put with our cap space, or is that just the amount that we are allowed to spend for this year?

It's their cap cost for this year alone, I believe.

[TekeRam]

Exactly Nick, it's their cap charge for THIS year only. We can pay them whatever we want starting next year.

Case in point, Jake Long's contract is only $3 million on this year's cap, despite being over $10 million/year on average(I think, I actually forget what it was, wasn't it like $56M over 5 years?).

[Keenum]

OK, I get it now.
Thanks for clearing it up!