Rookie Pool

Here is a nice breakdown of how the "rookie pool" works for signing NFL rookies. The author did a nice job keeping everything simple.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3385956

The article also made me think about all the teams that had tons of picks in this years draft. The Kansas City Chiefs have recieved a lot of attention for their draft, but no one has talked much about the overrall draft of several other teams that had a plethora of picks.

For example, beyond Matt Ryan, who did the Atlanta Falcons grab with their 11 picks?

The only thing anyone is saying about the Bears (and their 12 picks) is that they didn't draft a single QB.

Cincinnati, Buffalo, Washington, Philadelphia, and Indy also had relatively quiet drafts....for teams with so many picks.

The Ravens, with 10 picks, made some noise (Go Ozzie!), but perhaps not as much as one would expect for a team loaded with picks.