I'm not typically skeptical, but if he was sore and beaten down going into Iowa week, I can see how Bo and RG might have had a sit down to discuss his future. An injury in the last game of year would invoke rehab prior to combine, and drop his draft value some. The game wasn't deciding a team championship. But like I said, that's being skeptical of me.
The structure of the NFL draft allots money per pick. The top half is 4 year guarantee, but after that the 4th year guarantee becomes negotiable. 2nd round picks are guaranteed the first two years of the 4 year contract. If you get waived after two years as a 2nd round pick, damaged goods etc, a team doesn't pay you for the last two. Here is the money allotted per pick from the past draft. A pretty big difference between a 5th pick and 15th for example.
1 Houston Jadeveon Clowney $22,272,998
2 St. Louis Greg Robinson $21,284,098
3 Jacksonville Blake Bortles $20,654,810
4 Buffalo Sammy Watkins $19,935,603
5 Oakland Kahlil Mack $18,676,999
6 Atlanta Jake Matthews $16,429,501
7 Tampa Bay Mike Evans $14,631,502
8 Cleveland Justin Gilbert $12,833,502
9 Minnesota Anthony Barr $12,743,500
10 Detroit Eric Ebron $12,249,149
11 Tennessee Taylor Lewan $11,485,004
12 New York Odell Beckham $10,406,198
13 St Louis Aaron Donald $10,136,500
14 Chicago Kyle Fuller $9,687,002
15 Pittsburgh Ryan Shazier $9,507,212
16 Dallas Zach Martin $8,967,800
17 Baltimore C.J. Mosley $8,787,999
18 New York Calvin Pryor $8,563,253
19 Miami Ja’Waun James $8,428,398
20 New Orleans Brandin Cooks $8,383,452
21 Green Bay Ha Ha Clinton-Dix $8,338,501
And as for Mel Kiper lol....He has been known to hype his projections emphatically on a players physical measurables (height/weight/arm length/hand size/40 speed/bench/neck length) for his expert analysis. He usually skips over the concept of wysiwyg on the field. He can't mention a player without immediately mentioning his height and weight first and foremost. He get's many people mislead and focusing on that as a translation to success.
