patsox23 said:
I would close my eyes and risk a 2nd on him. I'd be much happier with a 3rd. I don't think a 3rd will get him, though.
Well think about what you just said. Any time you have to close your eyes before doing something. Would that be the basis of a sound desicion? Usually not.
Oh here is an informative article on the 2005 Supplemental Draft just to give you an idea.
http://www.nfldraftscout.com/news/i...ll&id=1120620518&archive=&start_from=&ucat=2&
It appears that Wright was the only one selected out of the 9 available and he was a 5th round pick to boot.
I think teams pass a lot hoping to nab a player with as low a pick as possible. I can almost guarantee Brooks won't be a 2nd round pick, that seems way too much of a gamble imo, especially compared to the only guy taken in last year's draft.
Supplemental Draft Rules courtesy of Wikipedia (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_Draft#Supplemental_Draft)
Supplemental Draft
In late summer, the NFL also holds a Supplemental Draft to accommodate players who did not enter the regular draft because they thought they still had academic eligibility to play college football. The supplemental draft maintains the same team order from the regular draft, with the team with the worst record in the previous season picking first. However, in the supplemental draft, a team is not required to use any picks. Instead, if a team wants a player in the supplemental draft, they submit a "bid" to the Commissioner with the round they would pick that player. If no other team places a bid on that player at an earlier spot, the team is awarded the player and has to give up an equivalent pick in the following year's draft. (For example, RB Tony Hollings was taken by the Houston Texans in the second round of the Supplemental Draft in 2003. Thus in the 2004 NFL Draft, the Texans forfeited a second-round pick).
The 1985 Supplemental Draft was particularly controversial. Bernie Kosar of the University of Miami earned his academic degree a year early but did not enter the regular draft that year. Rather than finish his eligibility at Miami, he entered into talks with his hometown Cleveland Browns, who advised him to delay his professional eligibility until after the regular draft. They then traded for the right to choose first in the Supplemental Draft. This angered many clubs, notably the Minnesota Vikings and New York Giants, who had expressed interest in choosing him in that season's regular draft. Many of today's Supplemental Draft rules aim at preventing a reoccurrence of this incident.
As of 2006, players who enter the Supplemental Draft usually are graded as players who should be drafted at a later round, or who have college eligibility problems (poor academic or discipline issues). Only 32 players have been taken in the past 26 Supplemental Drafts.
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In other words the Supplemental Draft works like a bidding system. and you must forfeit the round of the pick you bid for the next year. For example the Texans forfeited a 2nd round pick to nab RB Tony Hollings whose sum of contributions in 2005 was 2 kickoff returns for a total of 46 yards. In hindsight a horrible mistake. Moves like this continue to explain why the Texans will remain in the cellar in future years, not to mention compounding that by passing on Reggie Bush in 2006...
