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Dolphins reported to be talking with Michigan OT Jake Long

MichiganMichigan Posts: 4,942 ✭
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Word going around is it could be a fake and they are really interested in other players, the #1 pick could also be traded.

Bill Parcells is nothing if not crafty.

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  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭


    << <i>the #1 pick could also be traded. >>



    No one wants the #1 pick anymore because of the price and it's been like that the last three years.

    Teams that are consistantly in the top 5 picks will start to suffer major salary cap issues because of the huge increases of guaranteed money.

    I'm willing to bet that it will become a top priority in the next collective bargaining agreement.

    But I digest...

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    Teams aren't willing trade much of anything for #1 money.

    So basically my kid won't be able to go to college, but at least I'll have a set where the three most expensive cards are of a player I despise ~ CDsNuts
  • joestalinjoestalin Posts: 12,473 ✭✭
    Nothing more sexy to go O line with the #1 overall pick. Dolphin fan suffered through their season for this?

    LMAO
    JS
  • AhmanfanAhmanfan Posts: 4,389 ✭✭✭✭
    I think the NFL should make players prove their value like the NBA does before they get all that guaranteed money.
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  • CDsNutsCDsNuts Posts: 10,092 ✭
    This is because NFL GM's are smart or well-informed and NBA GM's are idiots. The act of giving away picks and quality players to move up a few spots is a thing of the past in the NFL. You may see one here and there, but overall these guys have a pretty good idea of what their picks are worth.

    The Herschel Walker trade made people aware of this phenomenon and the Ricky Williams trade cemented it. Very rarely has giving a lot to trade up in the draft worked out well. It's no secret that Parcells wanted to trade the pick, but he couldn't get overcompensated for it like in the 80s so he's stuck with it. Unless there's a guy with an extremely rare set of skills (Adrian Peterson, Reggie Bush, etc...), then you're better off having a mid-first and a second round pick than the first overall.
  • BoopottsBoopotts Posts: 6,784 ✭✭
    I'm not sure NFL GM's are any smarter then their NBA counterparts. Consider:

    1) NFL GM's continue to draft WR's in the early stages of the first round.

    2) NFL GM's continue to demand a king's ransom to get out of the top five.

    3) NFL GM's still take reach to take players who should be taken lower. There is no rational explanation for this behavior. Take the Dolphins last year, for instance. I don't care if you think Ted Ginn Jr. is the love child of Jerry Rice and Eric Metcalf. The fact is that nobody else has any intention of taking him that high, so trade down--even if it means you can only pick up a fifth rounder or so in the swap-- and take him later on. If someone else gets him it's not that big of a deal, since only a fool would think it's a disaster to miss out on a player who's projected to go in the mid to late first round.
  • detroitfan2detroitfan2 Posts: 3,335 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I'm not sure NFL GM's are any smarter then their NBA counterparts. Consider:

    1) NFL GM's continue to draft WR's in the early stages of the first round.

    2) NFL GM's continue to demand a king's ransom to get out of the top five.

    3) NFL GM's still take reach to take players who should be taken lower. There is no rational explanation for this behavior. Take the Dolphins last year, for instance. I don't care if you think Ted Ginn Jr. is the love child of Jerry Rice and Eric Metcalf. The fact is that nobody else has any intention of taking him that high, so trade down--even if it means you can only pick up a fifth rounder or so in the swap-- and take him later on. If someone else gets him it's not that big of a deal, since only a fool would think it's a disaster to miss out on a player who's projected to go in the mid to late first round. >>



    Uh, Boo, I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you, but you do have to consider that Matt Millen alone considerably lessens the overall intelligence level of NFL GMs. His annual spot in the early stages of the first round skews your stats, at least #'s 1 and 2.
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