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[QUOTE="pokercuse08, post: 4411965, member: 6535"]
I'm actually starting to wonder if it's going to be in Tucker's best interest to leave after this year. I saw a projection last week that had him going in the fifth round.

That's something like $4M over 4 years, with around $300K guaranteed. Realistically you're going to make something like $1.7M over 2 years for sure, and the rest is going to depend on your ability to stay on the roster.

Off a healthy year, he'd at least be a second round pick I think. Now you're looking at something like $7.3M over four years, but with more like $3.6M guaranteed. Realistically that's at least $4.3M over two years, and second round picks usually get at least three years to make it. So it's more like $5.5M over three years.

Playing hurt is lowering his draft value, he'd have been better off not playing and publicizing the injury. Of course that also makes him a team player, so I'm not knocking him for it or anything. Hopefully he can heal up before the end of the year and put a few games of film out at 100% and move his draft stock back up.

If not, I still doubt that he'll come back, but I think he could 2.5x to 3.5x his guaranteed money by doing so, and he could probably make a reasonable chunk off NIL next year.
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