I mean, draft picks aren't 2nd contracts... but I suspect you're saying that if the position is undervalued then why spend a pick in the 1-3 rounds on them. And an additional piece here is these picks were picked during Philips tenure and this sxs we're in now devalues them more (also, the front office too).
When I say "devalue" one of the pieces here is that we are generally not looking for a center fielder type which is a harder safety to find. We can get away with less talented safeties in general cause of how much we align with our safeties at depth and split.
I’m just frustrated that so few Rams have gotten second contracts.
From the 2017-2019 Drafts, the Rams selected 27 players. Only three were signed to second contracts; and that includes Brian Allen and Joe Noteboom, whom many Rans' fans wish had not been re-signed.
In some cases, 2nd contracts were not earned; and that suggests poor drafting.
In other cases, there wasn’t enough cap space available (or Management didn’t deem some players worthy of allocating more cap $); and that suggests poor management.
Good teams lose good players in free agency because the bad teams can afford to over-pay. The Rams did not lose stars but they have lost a lot of good players (my opinion); and most did not get huge contracts.
One-Third of the Rams' 2023 Cap is Dead-$ ($74M). That's a lot! Only three other teams in the NFL are over $37M (half the Rams' #). Now the Rams have tried to maximize their 2024 cap space ... and that's good ... but according to Over-the-Cap, their projected 2024 cap space is still just in the middle-of-the-pack.
