The big offensive tackle went at the end of the 3rd round to the NY Giants. Congratulations to Matt Peart!
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..... the other thing with Sherman ( a 5th round/ Pro-Bowler 2 years ago) carving out an unlikely career, in his re-up article:Anthony Sherman has managed to carve out an excellent college and pro career as a player whose best skill is/was blocking. He has now played 9 NFL seasons. He has 65 NFL rushing yards, for his career, and 547 career receiving yards in those 9 years. His season averages are 7 yards rushing and 60 yards receiving per season.Teams clearly value a guy like him who can block, and forget his other numbers. .....at UConn he was lead blocker for Donald Brown and Jordan Todman and now has had a much longer professional career than either one.
So it shows if you can find a role, how unpredictable it is when the average NFL career has dropped to about 2 or 3 years...( about 10 years ago, the average career was about six years......this ...How Long Is the Average Career of an NFL Player? | Chron.com
Yeah, when you look at MLB and the mega contracts they always seem to get stuck with on untradeable 30+ year old stars (that never seem to live up to them) .... it's like night and day compared to the NFL ( plus all the concussion stuff lately hasn't helped NFL careers with some guys just walking away)These are interesting stats to me. I think partly for financial reasons and partly due to a high attrition rate (due to injuries and wear and tear on bodies), NFL teams are really trying to churn younger and cheaper bodies. I see trades of capable veteran players for 5th and 6th round draft choices- which boggles my mind, but it's all about teams constantly trying to keep flexibility on their payroll within the salary cap.