Supplemental Draft?

[wist43]

Be shocked if TT even bothers to look at any of these guys...

I think he gets depressed any time he actually has to pick a player - I'm sure he'd rather just keep the pick and collect them like an old lady with a doll or spoon collection.

I can see it now - when TT dies, his relatives go thru his possessions and find boxes, everywhere, boxes in the closet, in the attic, in the garage... box after box of 7th round picks.

[run pMc]

Agree with you wist...don't think TT will look at these guys very closely. Most of them don't sound very compelling to me.

Loved the idea of a box in TT's attic with Will Whitticker stuffed inside.

[MadScientist]

NEW YORK (AP) -- The San Diego Chargers selected Paul Oliver, and the Baltimore Ravens chose Jared Gaither in the supplemental draft Thursday.

Oliver, a Georgia cornerback, was picked 28th in the fourth round. The Ravens selected Gaither, a Maryland tackle, 31st in the fifth round. It marks the first time since 1998 that two players were taken in the supplemental draft.

"Jared has a chance to play in this league, even at a high level," Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome said in a statement. "It would have been interesting to see how high he would have gone in the draft had he played one or two more seasons at Maryland."

Gaither started 17 of his final 21 games at right or left tackle as a freshman and a sophomore at Maryland.

Oliver was among Georgia's leaders with 57 tackles last season.

With the selections, San Diego and Baltimore will forgo the corresponding picks in the 2008 draft.

I'm somewhat surprised that TT didn't offer at least a 4th for oliver, given the need for depth and replacements for Woodson and Harris in the next couple of years. I hope his judgment proves correct.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Interesting tidbit from the Press Gazette.

Supplement this

Georgia cornerback Paul Oliver and Maryland tackle Jared Gaither were the only players selected in today's NFL supplemental draft.

Oliver went to the San Diego Chargers in Round 4, while Gaither went to the Baltimore Ravens in Round 5.

Before you start griping about Packers General Manager Ted Thompson's unwillingness to get in the bidding, remember this: the rookie salary pool doesn't change if a team adds a player in the supplemental draft. (Tip of the cap to the Boston Globe's Mike Reiss for that reminder.)

That means the Packers, already somewhat strapped by trying to match a $4.907 million cap to an 11-man draft class and a crop of undrafted free agents, would have to try to cram another player under there. Since their top three picks are unsigned, using even a mid-round selection could complicate matters.

Signing one of the players who declared and weren't taken would be less of a burden, since the team could swap him in for another camp body.

-- Tom Pelissero, tpelisse@greenbaypressgazette.com

[4and12to12and4]

Did we pick up anyone in the supplemental draft last year? I can't remember.

[Bretsky]

Did we pick up anyone in the supplemental draft last year? I can't remember.

TT has touched nothing from the supplemental draft; I'll be shocked the day he does

[Fritz]

It seems strange to me that the rookie cap pool is fixed no matter how many players a team drafts.

I don't think the Pack missed out on anything in the supplemental. I actually remember being excited about them taking Wahle back in the day, though. I'd read good things. Oliver might work out, so might the other guy, but neither appears to have the promise that Wahle did back in the day.