2015 NFL Draft thread- live from Chicago, Thursday April 30
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Brehs if he's innocent getting La'el Collins will be like getting another 1st for cheap. I hope he didn't hire the hit. Reese make it happen
They are way too young to be looking that old
I'm guessing that stress fracture he didn't even know he had
has to be, but he played thru that. seems like a severe drop for a non-career threatening injury
he wont sign a 4th round contract, would reject it and re-enter the '16 draft. wants to clear his name and get back into the top 2 rounds next year
http://mmqb.si.com/2015/05/02/lael-collins-2015-nfl-draft/
Then came this bombshell from the Collins camp: If drafted beyond round 3 (or not drafted at all), Collins would decline to sign, and would sit out the year and enter the 2016 draft. Ostensibly, the motivation would be to recoup the guaranteed cash he has lost by falling out of the first round.
For the first scenario, there is precedent. Bo Jackson, drafted in 1986 by Tampa Bay, played a season of pro baseball rather than join the Bucs, and because he refused to sign a contract the team lost his rights before the next draft. The Raiders chose Jackson in the seventh round of the ’87 draft. Today the cutoff is Week 10, and you get thrown back into the next year’s draft pool.
You can do that.
But what if you’re not drafted, and you want to sit out a season and gain entry to the next draft? There’s no precedent, and zero language in the 2011 collective bargaining agreement providing for such a scenario. Media reports subsequent to Collins’ declaration have yet to touch on this, instead treating his assumed admission to the 2016 draft as a ’15 UDFA as a given.
“It certainly is not automatic,” said one agent well-versed in the CBA. “There is obviously some language in the CBA that can lead to a rendering of an interpretation by the league on the issue. How valid an interpretation that is would have to be examined, and if a player thought it was not a correct interpretation he could bring a System Arbitration challenging it.”
NFL spokesman Greg Aiello says the league’s stance is clear: “If he’s not drafted today? He would be the same as any other player in this draft. He becomes a free agent like any other undrafted player. You only go through one draft. If he’s drafted and sits out the year, he would go back into the 2016 draft.”
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What tackles and speedy wideouts left on the board ?
yea Dawson is as good as Anthony/Perryman etc, dudes a monster. Mayock had him as his top ILB
was a little iffy on the Bengals draft, but i like that pick
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Shaq looks like Kam 
that playoff game had Gettleman like 
that playoff game had Gettleman like 
Kinda suproised we gave up so many picks to trade up for a small receiver, I thought we'd draft a bigger receiver but im liking this Lockett pick.
gotdamn at this double move on Jason Verett, and he returns punts no more Bryan Walters
gotdamn at this double move on Jason Verett, and he returns punts no more Bryan Walters
thought SEA would go with Strong as a bigger compliment to Richardson, but Lockett's a monster in the return game. him and Dorsett should be Pro Bowl level return guys right away, Agholor is nice on punts too
Kinda suproised we gave up so many picks to trade up for a small receiver, I thought we'd draft a bigger receiver but im liking this Lockett pick.
I've watched a few Big 12 games, this kid was clearly dominant. Everyone knew who the ball was going to yet Tyler Lockett continued making great play after great play. He was on my wishlist for this round, I'm very happy with the pick.
And rumor is the Texans were actually targetting Tyler and settled for Strong after we traded ahead. All those gms passed on Strong for a reason, hell, we passed on him twice, I'm not sweating the Strong pick.
