The way rookie contracts are capped and structured in today’s league makes them huge bargains if the player thrives. It’s why drafting well is such a priority for the long term health of any team. It’s also just one reason why draft season never ends.
Personally, I love nerding out over the NFL Draft. Among my favorite parts is taking each player’s strengths and weaknesses into consideration in order to project how they’ll fit in the league. A rather underappreciated aspect to this is identifying how a player fits into specific offensive and defensive systems. For example, when the Broncos hired Pat Shurmur to replace Rich Scangarello it required going back over the former’s offense in order to better understand what he wants from his players.