Groome at #3 (which I'm not against) would likely soak up the whole slot value assigned for that pick, which I think would greatly limit creativity at #40 and #44. That means to go with an above slot signing at #40 and #44, you'd have to get your savings later, which is harder to do because the amounts of money assigned to slots diminishes as the draft goes on. You'd have to take guys in the third and fourth rounds who would basically sign for peanuts.