Moving the draft to late Feb??? Free agency a few weeks later?? - Page 2 - New England Patriots Forums

Pats726 · 03-23-2009, 05:04 AM

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Originally Posted by ayjackson

II think it would be important for the players to have a short period between the draft and free agency to prevent teams from really evaluating what talent they were able to gain from the draft.

Huh?? So NO time to evaluate draftess BEFORE free agency?? THAT makes sense for who? THAT is pretty dumb in my opinion...who the heck benefits...the players?? It's bad enough that the NFL wants the draft first..because there could be all kinds of tampering issues...and such..and it's bad enough with EARLY free agency waiting a month or so longer will help no one and make that easier to do. But having very little period really is not the way to go.
And yes, it is a bargaining chip..but taking these things that have been done for years and artificially changing them to make them bargaining chips is pretty shallow. typival of a leader that doesn't know what the heck he is doing.

KY Pats Fan · 03-23-2009, 07:45 AM

I don't think any of this really matters until they set some type of rookie salary cap. It is the epitomy of insanity to pay these "prospects", especially in round 1, the current money. How can you justify the first overall pick making more that a Brady or a Moss or someone who's been in the league and proven. Or worse, make a team like Detroit destroy their cap structure on a hope that the #1 player doesn't turn out like a Ryan Leaf or Todd Marinovich or Joey Harrington.

I say before they discuss these "feel good" measures, they make a serious attempt at correcting this flaw.

ayjackson · 03-23-2009, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Pats726

Huh?? So NO time to evaluate draftess BEFORE free agency?? THAT makes sense for who? THAT is pretty dumb in my opinion...who the heck benefits...the players??

Yes the players. That was my point, if the draft was to preceed free agency, the union might want a short evaluation period.

***R_T26*** · 03-23-2009, 09:37 AM

i personally enjoy the anticiapation of the draft in april. The spring air, the beer, and sitting on the couch with some friends getting excited over players you never seen play a snap. Its all good.

***R_T26*** · 03-23-2009, 09:39 AM

i bet there would be less busts though if they had it in february, teams would rely more on game tape and have less time to breakdown all the bad stuff in good players.

p8ryts · 03-23-2009, 09:45 AM

Seems like a good idea to me. I do think two months down time for coachs and staff would be a good thing. Players would have to make sure they don't lose conditioning but I like it. The free agency signings should keep us going into April with some OTA times before they go for the two months. It is a long time for withdrawal but just might be worth it.

***DaBruinz*** · 03-23-2009, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by KY Pats Fan

I don't think any of this really matters until they set some type of rookie salary cap. It is the epitomy of insanity to pay these "prospects", especially in round 1, the current money. How can you justify the first overall pick making more that a Brady or a Moss or someone who's been in the league and proven. Or worse, make a team like Detroit destroy their cap structure on a hope that the #1 player doesn't turn out like a Ryan Leaf or Todd Marinovich or Joey Harrington.

I say before they discuss these "feel good" measures, they make a serious attempt at correcting this flaw.

First off, there is a rookie salary cap. Unfortunately, the league scales it and places a lot of value on the top pick. Next, the only players who are outrageously paid, in the first round, are the top 7-8 players, but primarily the top 3. The problem is that giving the team with the top pick a rookie cap of 7-8 million, makes it very easy for the agent of the top pick to get his client most of that. What needs to happen is that the league needs to set a maximum cap hit for any one pick so that teams don't kill themselves like the Lions have.