Online
No. Because Onye sat for almost three years I believe. That’s three years of value wasted. If not for the injuries, Rankins’ value would have been head and shoulders above. Nothing to do with rethoric
Onyemata has played in the rotation basically since he was drafted and played really well. That's how he earned the contract he got. Rankins has also played in the rotation since he was drafted. He looked on the verge of being great before he tore his achilles, but hasn't been the same since. The team clearly knew they could not sign both and they chose to sign Onyemata because he earned the contract and didn't have the injury issue that Rankins did.
Regardless, the point is that it doesn't really matter who was drafted in the 1st or who was drafted in the 4th. They have both played and contributed to the team and those contributions are there regardless of what "value" you assign to where they were drafted.