The 2011 Collective Bargaining Agreement brought the rookie wage scale to the NFL, which was supposed to make signing rookies a much smoother process. So why haven’t Green Bay Packers second-round picks Luke Musgrave and Jayden Reed signed their deals yet? Well, Seattle Seahawks second-round pick Derick Hall got two significant terms in his contract:
- $100,000 of Hall’s salary in the fourth year of his deal was guaranteed, a first for a second-round pick. For perspective, the Packers are famously known for only guaranteeing a year or two of salary on veteran extensions, when the league standard is typically two or three seasons.