Teams slow to re-sign '05 draft picks - NFL - Yahoo! Sports

Teams slow to re-sign '05 draft picks - NFL - Yahoo! Sports

Only three players from the 2005 first round have signed extensions, and one of them is Eagle Mike Patterson. Presumably the lack of extensions is because of the looming end to the CBA - and the changes to free agency rules that will entail (i.e., extending the time before a player can become a free agent). But are some owners being short-sighted about these extensions. In another year or two, some of these players will be getting even bigger paydays than they might otherwise now because the salary cap will be lifted by then, while it is still in place now.