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There is a reason that NFL GMs pay TOP FLIGHT RTs under 6 million dollars a year and top flight quarterbacks get between 20-25 million PER YEAR.
Aaron Rodgers makes more in 1 year than a top flight RT makes in 5 years.
You know why?
Positional value.
So, when you spend the top pick in the draft on a right tackle, he better be really good right away because you are giving him a fully guaranteed contract that pays him at the level the elite guys from his position group get paid.
When you draft a quarterback, you are getting that player at 1/4 of the cost of a fully matured franchise quarterback...or about the same amount Josh Freeman is getting from Minnesota.
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