With the exploding wide receiver market, rookie contracts provide more value than ever before
This offseason, the wide receiver market has gone crazy. #2 wide receivers like Christian Kirk and Mike Williams have signed for over 20 million dollars a year. The true #1’s like Davante Adams and Tyreek Hill have signed for more than 30 million dollars a year.
These contracts could make it challenging for the Bills to keep Stefon Diggs in the coming year as Josh Allen’s contract starts to kick in, and it shows that to replace him in free agency, they would need to spend boatloads of money.
Brandon Aiyuk, the 25th overall pick from the 2020 draft, signed a four-year 12.53 million dollar rookie contract. The NFL draft has always been about value. If you can get a premier player at a premier position for less than 4 million dollars per year, when the open market dictates that talent at that position is worth $20-30 million dollars, that’s value, baby.