Whats kind of money does a 2nd rounder normally get?

[skins74]

I was wondering what kind of contract a 2nd round pick usually gets. We are giving away our second in the Portis deal so I wanted to see what kind of FA we could get for the same contract as the 2nd rounder would have gotten.

[Yudolindo]

In the grand scheme of football contracts, next to nothing: a few hundred thousand a year with perhaps a small bonus. Clinton Portis, for instance, is set to make something between 300,000- 400,000 next year, almost insignificant against the cap.

One might say that we are giving away what may be a Clinton Portis or Kris Jenkins that would have cost us nothing more than a second round pick and pocket change…Or a dud, but I still don’t understand why we are giving what could be a very valuable pick away.

[IowaSkinsFan]

Draft is a crap shoot. Better to spend the money on Portis, you know what you are getting with him.

[natgbz]

Usually anyone drafted beyond the middle of the second makes near the league minimum.

[Forked Tounge]

IMHO the whole dang draft is a crap shoot.
If you could trade up and trade down so all you had was second round picks in every draft, could you build a descent squad? Wouldn't you always have cap room for Free Agents?