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Interesting titbit on NFL.com re late draft picks

April 21, 2021 09:56PM
Daniel Jeremiah was talking about the lack of medical details for many late round picks and this might lead to a buyers market for later round picks!!!! Does that sound like Snead heaven!!!!!


From: NFL.COM
2) Late draft picks, anyone? Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, which led the NFL Scouting Combine to alter its usual procedures in Indianapolis, there's a dearth of medical information available on prospects, particularly those expected to be available on the draft's final day. Just 150 players went to Indianapolis this year for medical checks, less than half of the usual combine contingent. That uncertainty is likely to generate a buyer's market on late draft picks next week, according to Jeremiah, with clubs showing a willingness to either use those picks to trade up or dump them for future selections.

"Nothing scares a general manager more than not having medical (info)," Jeremiah said. "... Once we get to the back half of the draft, you're literally flying blind on these kids, medically."

Of course, every team looking to dump a late pick has to find a team looking to pick one up, and that won't be an easy search. A robust trade market toward the end of the draft will require some variance in the way clubs view the problem.
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  Interesting titbit on NFL.com re late draft picks

OzRam525April 21, 2021 09:56PM

  Re: Interesting titbit on NFL.com re late draft picks

zn179April 22, 2021 04:07AM

  Well, he's talking about the Combine

RockRam160April 22, 2021 04:17AM

  Re: Well, he's talking about the Combine

SoCalRAMatic107April 22, 2021 07:31AM

  As if the teams needed another Covid related challenge to deal with?

Rams43125April 22, 2021 07:19AM