2006 Live DRAFT Thread

[Patler]

How long after the draft does it take to pick up UDFAs?

It starts almost immediately. Many will be announced tomorrow, I suspect.

[Deputy Nutz]

This draft has been interersting so far.

How do you like that comentary? Not quite Willie Henderson but I do my best.

[OS PA]

How long after the draft does it take to pick up UDFAs?

[FritzDontBlitz]

nevermind, i see miami got him. aromashadu would have been a nice developmental player

[FritzDontBlitz]

Damnit, I was hoping Devin Aramashadou had dropped to us, but nope someone finally saw the potential!

i wanted devin too. who picked him?

[OS PA]

Why are Martin Nance, Mark Setterstrom, and Mike Kudla still around?

[HarveyWallbangers]

Top Rated Players Left:

RB Mike Bell, Arizona
RB Andre Hall, South Florida (more of a 3rd down back)
RB Gerald Riggs, Tennessee
FB Matt Bernstein, Wisconsin
WR Martin Nance, Miami (Ohio)
WR Hank Baskett, New Mexico
WR Greg Lee, Pittsburgh
TE Tim Day, Oregon
OT Troy Reddick, Auburn
OG Mark Setterstrom, Minnesota
OC Patrick Ross, Boston College
DE Stanley McClover, Auburn
DE Eric Henderson, Georgia Tech
DE Mike Kudla, Ohio State
LB/S Brian Iwuh, Colorado
OLB Spencer Havner, UCLA
ILB Dale Robinson, Arizona State
CB Dee Webb, Florida
CB Anwar Phillips, Penn State
CB Charles Gordon, Kansas
CB Darrell Hunter, Miami (Ohio)

Hopefully, we can pick up some of these guys as street FAs.

[Rastak]

Damnit, I was hoping Devin Aramashadou had dropped to us, but nope someone finally saw the potential!

Why did he drop so damn far.....

[OS PA]

Damnit, I was hoping Devin Aramashadou had dropped to us, but nope someone finally saw the potential!

[Bretsky]

DON'T BE A BADGER HATER TT

DRAFT MATT BERNSTEIN

[Tarlam!]

Nite Rats. Gotta go shuteye...

[Scott Campbell]

Stay in school kids.



POSTED 6:18 p.m. EDT; UPDATED 6:24 p.m. EDT, April 29, 2006

LEINART'S LAST SEASON COST NEARLY $40 MILLION

It's a question we've received from multiple readers while covering every pick from one through 40 in the 2006 draft.

How much did that ballroom dancing class cost USC quarterback Matt Leinart?

If he'd come out in 2005, Matt would have been in line for a deal worth $24 million in guaranteed money alone. As the tenth overall pick a year later, he'll get less. A lot less.

The No. 10 selection in 2005, former Trojan teammate Mike Williams, received a signing bonus of $1 million, a roster bonus of $1.265 million, an option bonus $6.235 million guaranteed by future base salaries, and $2 million in guaranteed base salaries after the execution of the option bonus.

That's $10.5 million in guaranteed money. The difference? $13.5 million.

And that's just the guaranteed money. As the No. 1 overall pick, 49ers quarterback Alex Smith had plenty more in readily attainable incentives jammed into the deal -- a lot more than the No. 10 selection a year later would get. Smith's total package was worth $54 million over six years. The package that Mike Williams received had a maximum value over five years of $13.5 million.

Sure, Leinart will get more than Williams because it's a new year and Matt's a quarterback. But the difference, in the end, will still be in the neighborhood of $40 million.

Wow. $40 million bucks. All because Leinart wanted to be young, have fun, and drink Pepsi for one more year.

And shame on the folks around Matt who didn't urge him to get the hell out of school when his stock could be no higher.

Shame also on coach Pete Carroll. Even if Matt decided to return on his own with no input from Carroll, the head coach should have had a heart-to-heart with the 2004 Heisman winner, urging him to strike while the iron is hot.

At the end of the day, the $40 million that forever has been lost came out of Leinart's pocket -- and we hope that at some point Matt figures it out.

[RashanGary]

Klemm, Roman, Carroll, Peterson, Washington, Boerigter

Those guys better watch out....Their jobs arn't oh so secure. If Hawkins passes Carroll on the depth chart I could see Blackmon sneaking into that spot. Probably won't happen but Carroll better step up. Also, Harris is looking like he has one year left. I don't think we should get too attached to him.

[Tarlam!]

Hawk and Hodge are the only two players that I didn't really think he reached on. I guess I would throw Jolly into that group as well.

....they could have taken and not have missed a beat with.

If you look at a comment TT makes over on Packers.com, I disagree with this Nutz.

They have a list of criteria by which they rate players, and ability to play their position seems like only 50% of what they value. I bet size is 10%, ability to play in GB (small, chilly) 10%, character 10%, team ability 10%, work ethic 10% and intangibles 10%

Now, they'll be able to investigate the latter 50%, while we can focus on film and stories that allow us to view the first 50%. We get a glimpse of the other stuff, but they dig deep.

I think TT picked these players, because that's where he had them.

[Bretsky]

Tim McGarigle- ILB from the Wildcats just was drafted. Good player; he'll make the Rams