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NFL DRAFT THURSDAY MAY 8TH - SATURDAY MAY 10TH



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HERE'S THE DRAFT ORDER

1 Houston Texans
2 St. Louis Rams (from Redskins)
3 Jacksonville Jaguars
4 Cleveland Browns
5 Oakland Raiders
6 Atlanta Falcons
7 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
8 Minnesota Vikings
9 Buffalo Bills
10 Detroit Lions
11 Tennessee Titans
12 New York Giants
13 St. Louis Rams
14 Chicago Bears
15 Pittsburgh Steelers
16 Dallas Cowboys
17 Baltimore Ravens
18 New York Jets
19 Miami Dolphins
20 Arizona Cardinals
21 Green Bay Packers
22 Philadelphia Eagles
23 Kansas City Chiefs
24 Cincinnati Bengals
25 San Diego Chargers
26 Cleveland Browns (from Colts)
27 New Orleans Saints
28 Carolina Panthers
29 New England Patriots
30 San Francisco 49ers
31 Denver Broncos
32 Seattle Seahawks
 
Pats-Broncos week 9 :drool:

The season is too far away :(
 
Broncos are going to have an even meaner defense than last year. Bring it on! One last chance for Peyton to win the Super Bowl.
 
Excited about this draft.

I have a season ticket for the International Series so I hope the Jags get Manziel or Bridgewater. I don't want to watch Chad Henne again.
 
Looks like trouble ahead between Graham & the Saints. He's filed a grievance against them so he can get WR money.
 
I've only been half following NFL for a few years so really don't get the intricacies of it yet.

How does this work in so far as player choice? If a player is drafted by, say Houston as they have first pick, what if he doesn't want to play for them?
 
I've always wondered that myself, as John Elway refused to go to the Colts (I think) a few years back. I don't think they have any choice in the matter, up to a point.
 
If they don't get traded to a team they do want to play for(or the team that picked them doesn't want to trade), they can't play for any team that year.

Can't remember do they go back into the draft next season or do they count as free agents. Eli Manning refused the team that drafted him, IIRC, so they done a deal with the Giants.
 
Rado_N said:
I've only been half following NFL for a few years so really don't get the intricacies of it yet.

How does this work in so far as player choice? If a player is drafted by, say Houston as they have first pick, what if he doesn't want to play for them?
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The player does not have too much choice, he can refuse to sign for the team until they trade him but that costs him money and takes time out of what is really a short career. I have heard stories that players will often have their agent let a team know that he does not want to play for them, and in many cases the team will just take that player off its draft board or if the player is in demand enough trade that draft pick spot to some other club and get something extra out of the deal.

In the case of a guy like Jim Kelly who was adamant about not wanting to play for Buffalo he went to the USFL, today's players do not have that choice, what is funny is that Jim went on to be really the face of the franchise and in many ways still is, leading the efforts to find a new owner who will keep the club in Buffalo. He has gone from hating the franchise and the city, to being hugely loyal.
 
JustAFan said:
The player does not have too much choice, he can refuse to sign for the team until they trade him but that costs him money and takes time out of what is really a short career. I have heard stories that players will often have their agent let a team know that he does not want to play for them, and in many cases the team will just take that player off its draft board or if the player is in demand enough trade that draft pick spot to some other club and get something extra out of the deal.

In the case of a guy like Jim Kelly who was adamant about not wanting to play for Buffalo he went to the USFL, today's players do not have that choice, what is funny is that Jim went on to be really the face of the franchise and in many ways still is, leading the efforts to find a new owner who will keep the club in Buffalo. He has gone from hating the franchise and the city, to being hugely loyal.
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I didn't know that about Kelly. Crazy eh!
 
Interesting piece on NFL.com that the Glazer's might want to make a splash a trade up if need be to grab Manziel.
 
Can't wait to boo at my screen when the Jets take an autistic turtle at 18
 
Who is going at No.1 then? Surely it is going to be Clowney?
 
Let me tell you this draft over 3 days stuff stinks. Even over two days was bad, but at least both were on the weekend. Why back in my day we did not even have it televised, you found out who your team drafted by waking up the next morning and reading the paper. Now all you kids, get the feck off my lawn!
 
First 5 are going to be

Clowney, Robinson, Mack, Watkins and Lewan

I reckon
 
Id like to see the Rams pick up a skilled position player at 2 and a OL at 13 where there still should be some decent tackles available.
 
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