01-20-2015, 08:30 AM
I like the idea of using NFL draft evaluation as a benchmark - it largely takes subjectivity out of it because it's no longer the coach making the decision.
However, based on criteria of an NFL draft evaluation neither Baldwin nor Sherman would have been offered loss-of-value insurance after their third years. Sherman was a WR until his last season, and Harbs was ready to kick him off the team until he switched to DB (and became Mason's problem). Remember, it's now how they did as fourth-year players that would determine this, it's how they did as third-year players.
However, based on criteria of an NFL draft evaluation neither Baldwin nor Sherman would have been offered loss-of-value insurance after their third years. Sherman was a WR until his last season, and Harbs was ready to kick him off the team until he switched to DB (and became Mason's problem). Remember, it's now how they did as fourth-year players that would determine this, it's how they did as third-year players.