I see you are doing it live. Does the commish use one of the big sites to run the draft or is it manual? When I’m drafting on any site, I try to review ADP/rankings there vs the other popular sites to see if there are any players ranked meaningfully higher or lower.
He writes it all down manually (I prefer that he inputs them in real time). I think one issue is that our league allows trades of future draft picks for current players. Trades need equal number of players traded, and an equal number of draft picks traded. ESPN, which is what we use, does not allow the commissioner to adjust the draft prior to the draft.
We also do a draft lottery live, about a month before the draft, so owners can try to trade picks afterward. This year’s lottery was screwed up by the commissioner two times before finally figuring out the problem. OK, here is how the lottery works: One “ball” (a slip of paper with the team name) for each team; plus one ball if you missed last year’s playoff; plus one ball for showing up to the draft lottery (it is also a time for owners to propose new rules and to decide when and where the draft will be; we are all friends from college, so we encourage the social aspect). We lay out the balls, and the picks are revealed in reverse order. Your position is determined by your last drawn ball. Makes for great TV, were it on TV. I had three balls in the lottery, and my three balls were among the final four unrevealed positions.
This article misses the point: Taylor won’t play anywhere until he gets money.
So, what will these teams offer Taylor, not the Colts? Which ones can pay him what he truly deserves (not what he thinks he deserves and not what the Colts think he deserves)?
Ryan Poles aint gonna do it, I know that. So Bears are definitely out. Dolphins are probably dumb enough to do it though and try to replicate the Rams.
Is the Trey Lance deal now the worst trade in the history of the NFL: trade 3 1st round picks, have a player as a reserve for a couple years, then get a 4th round pick in return?
I feel somewhat bad for Lance. Injuries knocked him out quickly when he got his shot. The guy has had minimal game reps in college and the pros, so he hasn’t had much of a chance.
Worst? Maybe? A total misevaluation on Shanahan’s part for sure.
Dolphins were clear winners in that deal.
The Dolphins used the three first-round picks from the 49ers to trade up for WR Jaylen Waddle, then trade for veteran WR Tyreek Hill and DE Bradley Chubb
It’s pretty shitty now that we can look back, but it was the 49’ers, so all’s good. Barnwell had a rare non-paywall column about this the other day.
Everyone should learn that a QB playing against shitty teams that make him look good doesn’t necessarily mean that he actually is good. What did Shanahan see that he can point to that justifies the trade and the pick? He probably won’t ever have to, but here’s what he did say:
“We thought we were aligned as a team to win right away when we did it with him,” Shanahan said. "We knew it would take him time, but we also had to make a decision where we were going to go with our team over a two-year window. … We took a shot with Trey because we believed he could. We knew it would take some time but in the meantime we’re gonna have a pretty good team. And the time that we did give him when he had his ops, he missed those.
“And those weren’t his fault. They weren’t our fault. Those are just what happens in football, and when you take a risk on someone who does need to develop and does need some of that time and then he misses that time and we are where we’re at right now.”
I’m thinking, Why him for all that capital? Lots of risk for what he saw as a lot of reward, assuming no injuries.
Also, why couldn’t they trade for him if he were picked ahead of him before their #12 pick? They could see if he was available. If so, no trade needed.
People make a big deal out of it due to the trade.
But I don’t think it was really a reach for them to take Trey where they did. (can’t remember all that much of the draft).
They paid what they had to in order to move up.
They missed on a top 5 pick, which isn’t all that uncommon. The draft if a crap shoot no matter what.
I don’t know that the fact that they weren’t there to begin with means anything.
I personally cannot value a QB anywhere near as high as most NFL GMs. But I do not think the Lance trade/pick was the worst thing ever. SF did make the NFC championship game both years after the draft. Had Purdy not been effective, Lance would have played and MAYBE become their guy and would hopefully evolve over time. It’s not SF’s fault that they made one of the best draft picks of all time which ultimately hurt the assessment of the Lance trade.
You can’t trade up w so much certainly and blow it. The 49ers trade 2 future 1s for 6 positions. Jets at least just blew their pick but he may work out with the kindler, gentler Rodgers mentoring him. Happy it was a team in Seahawks division. They won’t be as good as people think.
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