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What if this outlandish scenario happened?
I have this feeling that a number of teams might decide to pass on their pick and let others jump ahead.
It seems no one wants to really pay ANY player top money this year. Not many want to trade up, so if you can't trade down, do you pass?
Of course I'm probably wrong, as it IS a wild scenario, but in the last two drafts it has happened (a pick has been passed on).
I can see SF passing, it seems the cheap spenders in the nfl with a red jersey right now are the 49ers. (weird...and I never thought I'd say that)
With all the stuff coming out about how they don't want to take smith because he wants more than e.manning, I think it's a possibility they may pass and wait for someone else to pick before taking a smith, braylon, rodgers, or maybe whoever else is on the board. Some are calling rodgers a bust, so would you want to pick a guy #1, with the amount of money invovled with that label? With this known, why should braylon's agent not play hardball and ask for a huge contract? Do the niners want to pay braylon more than e.manning?
Then the question is, if the niners pass, what will the dolphins do? I know they just got rid of surtain, but will they want to pay top money to brown or whoever else they want?(which is what they would have to do because he would be their pick, and it would be the #1 player picked, if this happened) (I'm not sure, and I guess part of my argument is predicated upon this, but aren't they in a little cap trouble, they're under but not by that much. Could they afford the #1 pick money? So if this happens, would they pass to? Especially with the collective barganing agreement changing the dynamics of how long the bonus can be spread.
Its a longshot, but could all the parameters be in place for a draft where a few of the top 10 teams pass, and wait around...I mean if two or three teams pass would the bears want to pay top one or two money for a player they wanted at 4? Would any of the players above them be someone they want? Could they end up taking a ronnie brown at #1 after the first three pass?
What a wild draft it would be if say the niners and miami, were waiting for cleveland, and chicago to pick before trying to get their picks in say before tampa bay, tenessee, minnesota, and arizona pick their players.
What happens with the rookie salary cap which was set for their respective positions if say cleveland had say (numbers for illustration only) a 5 mill rookie cap set and since the niners and/or miami pass (because of no consensus of top player and therefore don't want to spend the money) and all of a sudden they in essence pick #1 and have to pay that pool....would they be over the cap (if not, what if this happened to a team where that excess would put them over the cap).
I know I am 'pulling at straws', but I can see this happening in this draft far more than in any other draft I've seen, and with the recent history of a team passing, it isn't totally out of line.
But because of the nature of how draft experts see this draft, could a passing or two create a ripple effect where other teams say....you pass...ok fine...we're not picking until you do...
OR at least some other team does pick to fill the spots above them passed...then they say 'we'll pick'....and then if this happens with a few teams...there could be a huge rush to the podium or the guy in the backroom where we'll have a rush of 4-5 picks in a row trying to beat the other team once the first selection or two are made to 'break the ice'.
I just can see this scenario as a possibility...and I never would have in other years...
Does this make sense to you all? I'm no expert, but it is an intriguing possibility...and what a wild draft it would be. What do you think?
I have this feeling that a number of teams might decide to pass on their pick and let others jump ahead.
It seems no one wants to really pay ANY player top money this year. Not many want to trade up, so if you can't trade down, do you pass?
Of course I'm probably wrong, as it IS a wild scenario, but in the last two drafts it has happened (a pick has been passed on).
I can see SF passing, it seems the cheap spenders in the nfl with a red jersey right now are the 49ers. (weird...and I never thought I'd say that)
With all the stuff coming out about how they don't want to take smith because he wants more than e.manning, I think it's a possibility they may pass and wait for someone else to pick before taking a smith, braylon, rodgers, or maybe whoever else is on the board. Some are calling rodgers a bust, so would you want to pick a guy #1, with the amount of money invovled with that label? With this known, why should braylon's agent not play hardball and ask for a huge contract? Do the niners want to pay braylon more than e.manning?
Then the question is, if the niners pass, what will the dolphins do? I know they just got rid of surtain, but will they want to pay top money to brown or whoever else they want?(which is what they would have to do because he would be their pick, and it would be the #1 player picked, if this happened) (I'm not sure, and I guess part of my argument is predicated upon this, but aren't they in a little cap trouble, they're under but not by that much. Could they afford the #1 pick money? So if this happens, would they pass to? Especially with the collective barganing agreement changing the dynamics of how long the bonus can be spread.
Its a longshot, but could all the parameters be in place for a draft where a few of the top 10 teams pass, and wait around...I mean if two or three teams pass would the bears want to pay top one or two money for a player they wanted at 4? Would any of the players above them be someone they want? Could they end up taking a ronnie brown at #1 after the first three pass?
What a wild draft it would be if say the niners and miami, were waiting for cleveland, and chicago to pick before trying to get their picks in say before tampa bay, tenessee, minnesota, and arizona pick their players.
What happens with the rookie salary cap which was set for their respective positions if say cleveland had say (numbers for illustration only) a 5 mill rookie cap set and since the niners and/or miami pass (because of no consensus of top player and therefore don't want to spend the money) and all of a sudden they in essence pick #1 and have to pay that pool....would they be over the cap (if not, what if this happened to a team where that excess would put them over the cap).
I know I am 'pulling at straws', but I can see this happening in this draft far more than in any other draft I've seen, and with the recent history of a team passing, it isn't totally out of line.
But because of the nature of how draft experts see this draft, could a passing or two create a ripple effect where other teams say....you pass...ok fine...we're not picking until you do...
OR at least some other team does pick to fill the spots above them passed...then they say 'we'll pick'....and then if this happens with a few teams...there could be a huge rush to the podium or the guy in the backroom where we'll have a rush of 4-5 picks in a row trying to beat the other team once the first selection or two are made to 'break the ice'.
I just can see this scenario as a possibility...and I never would have in other years...
Does this make sense to you all? I'm no expert, but it is an intriguing possibility...and what a wild draft it would be. What do you think?
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