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Originally Posted by pradaboy
How come star players do not always end up at top teams (by top teams I mean teams making the playoffs every year)
RB Examples:
Maurice Jones-Drew
Chris Johnson
Adrian Peterson
In Europe with football (what you call soccer) any top player will always end up at a top team. In the NFL I see so many players who would kill if they were on a top team but are so limited now because they're on a meh-meh team.
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The NFL draft order is determined first by the team record, with the worst team choosing first, and so on. Teams may trade up (with either players or draft picks) to improve their draft position.
Other considerations are current personnel, and team salary caps.
Players can sit out to avoid going to a bad team, but they do so at their own peril.
After establishing themselves in the league, and fulfilling their initial contract (or getting cut), players can opt for Free Agency, and put themselves on the market, but it still comes down to what each team's individual needs are, and how much they are willing to pay for the top players (and how many top players they can afford while keeping themselves under the salary cap).
Does the Bears vs Packers "Playoff" seem slightly ghey to anyone else?
ADG