Guys lookin' to cash in on Turner next season (1 Viewer)

[Ahmad Rashad]

Just because the compensation for retaining Turner is a 1st & a 3rd this doesn't mean the teams still can't work out something mutually beneficial. Why wouldn't a team just offer SD a 1st round pick...and why wouldn't San Diego take it?

does anyone have an answer for this?

The answer, if there is one, is probably that Turner isn't worth a 1st round pick.

If teams were unwilling to give up a first round pick for Shaun Alexander, I don't see why they'd "just offer SD a 1st round pick."

Well lets see he is younger and cheaper than SA and Edge. Out of the 3,i would build around Turner. In 3-4 years those other guys wont be 20 carry RB's if RB's at all

A first-round draft pick RB would be much younger and much cheaper if a team emphasized those characteristics.

Much cheaper? No they wouldnt...Younger yes but the GM's can see Turner in the NFL.

Yes, much cheaper. Nobody will trade a high first-round pick for Turner, and lower first-round picks get paid much less than what Turner would cost:Maroney, the 21st pick in the draft this year, got $8.735 million for 5 years:

http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patr...t_get_run_down/

Maroney's contract with the Patriots is a five-year package worth a total of $8.735 million, according to NFL Players Association figures. The deal doesn't include a signing bonus, but $6.13 million of the contract is guaranteed, and with easy-to-earn incentives it would increase to $6.2 million.

Chester Taylor signed with Minnesota this year for $14.1 million over 4 years (over twice as much per year as Maroney):

http://www.nfl.com/teams/story/MIN/9301189

Taylor, the backup in Baltimore to Jamal Lewis, signed a four-year, $14.1 million contract that includes $5.6 million in bonuses.

If Turner is as good as all you guys say he is, he'll command a bigger pay package than Chester Taylor got, which would likely cost more than twice as much as a rookie first-round RB would cost.