Detroit thinking of letting time run out on first pick

[pack4to84]

http://www.mlive.com/lions/index.ssf/2009/04/the_nfl_says_the_lions_are_all.html

NFL says Lions are allowed to pass on No. 1 pick

Taking a play out of the Vikings play book.

[Joemailman]

It worked okay for the Vikings in 2003. They had the 7th pick, but picked 9th and took a great player in Kevin Williams. The 7th pick was an average player, Byron Leftwich, and 8th was a very good player, Jordan Gross.

So if no one wants the #1 pick, who should TT take at #1?

[sheepshead]

get out TT. I would do anything to get out. The NFL needs to do something. The NFL draft is a farce.

[red]

i honestly don't know why more teams don't do this at the top of the draft

if the guy you really want and need isn't worth of the top few picks, then why pay him like one? let time run out, drop down a few spots, then grab the guy you want, at a massive discount

[packers11]

i honestly don't know why more teams don't do this at the top of the draft

if the guy you really want and need isn't worth of the top few picks, then why pay him like one? let time run out, drop down a few spots, then grab the guy you want, at a massive discount

Imagine the domino effect this would create... There is only one GM who would stop it... Al Davis picking at #7.... He would defiantly pick in the number one spot overall

[Spaulding]

i honestly don't know why more teams don't do this at the top of the draft

if the guy you really want and need isn't worth of the top few picks, then why pay him like one? let time run out, drop down a few spots, then grab the guy you want, at a massive discount

What happens if a team surprises everyone and takes the player you as a GM thought would be available several slots down?

Do you risk that chance if the only difference is money and you have the cap to spare?

Works fine if you have three players you'd be happy with and slip two spots so you can sign one of them cheaper but I could also definitely see this coming back to bite some GM in the ass.

[digitaldean]

If this does happen, expect Goodell to come down hard on anybody in future drafts.

Miss your pick, forfeit that pick plus your next one. That'll keep teams from doing it. Plus it'll keep the draft moving along. No one would want to forfeit 2 picks.

Otherwise, it'll be in the same category as the Broncos circumventing the salary cap or the tampering rule. Both were a joke.

[3irty1]

I was talking about how much sense this would make with one of my friends a few months ago. The thing about letting time run out is then it becomes a race to turn in your selection. Could be fun especially since there are two tackles that are rated about evenly right at the top of the draft.

[Partial]

I wonder if they'll pick Stafford. If they don't, I can seem him falling to our spot.. Big time opportunity for a blockbuster trade.

[Lurker64]

Every year that there's not a clear cut #1 overall superstar there's talk about passing the #1 overall pick. It never happens, but it's an easy story for the local papers to write, so it always gets written.

[Partial]

Anyone consider Denver dealing up to get Stafford if he falls to say 8-9ish?!?

I'd love to take those two firsts off their hands

[Joemailman]

Why would they draft Stafford? They have Orton and Chris Simms.

[red]

Anyone consider Denver dealing up to get Stafford if he falls to say 8-9ish?!?

I'd love to take those two firsts off their hands

not gonna happen, not in a million years

#9 is worth 1350

#12 is worth 1200

#18 is woth 900

1200+900= 2100

2100-1350= 750 or the value of the 23rd pick. they wouldn't throw away that kind of value.

but i'm sure you'll disagree just to be a dick

[RashanGary]

It gets leaked out to help with the contract negotiation.

[Dylan McKay]

Well if Goodell comes down on teams skipping their turn in the draft then the league needs to do something about the outrageous sums of cash these top 5 picks are getting, especially the number one pick overall. It handicaps teams that are already poor considering they have the number 1 pick overall, and it is also a slap in the face of all the veteran players that have had success at the pro level.