Wow... I didn't realize the NFL is doing things so differently this year! Less time for picks. Later start time on Saturday. Only rounds 1 and 2 on day one. That's wild... Link: http://www.nfl.com/draft/story?id=09000d5d...mp;confirm=true Time changes for 2008 NFL Draft The 2007 draft included the longest first round in history, at six hours and eight minutes. It also had the longest first day, with the first three rounds stretching 11 hours, four minutes. Time allotted for draft picks Round Old limit New limit First 15 minutes 10 minutes Second 10 minutes 7 minutes 3rd-7th 5 minutes 5 minutes As a result, the times allotted for each team to make their picks has been adjusted. Those changes include: » Only Rounds 1 and 2 will take place on Saturday. Previously, the first three rounds of the draft were conducted on Saturday. » The draft will start at 3 p.m. ET on Saturday, three hours later than the previous start time. » The time allocated for each pick in Round 1 will be 10 minutes. Previously, the first round time was 15 minutes. » The time allocated for each pick in Round 2 will be seven minutes. Previously, it was 10 minutes. » Round 3 will be moved to Sunday and remain at five minutes per selection. (Rounds 4-7 will also remain at five minutes per pick.) » Sunday, the draft starts at 10 a.m. ET, rather than 11 a.m. ET. This year marks the first time in 13 years that the draft has undergone such a significant change in its format. Here is a break down of significant dates and changes in the history of the draft:
Any bets that we will see the Vikings show up late with their picks (again)? When Meathead (Mike Tice) was in their war room, they couldn't seem to get to their picks to the podium in time, even with 15 minutes on the time limit. I will LMAO if this happens on Saturday.
When the Vikings turned in their pick late a few years ago, I thought they probably knew their guy was going to be available later and wanted a discount.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (huevonkiller @ Apr 23 2008, 07:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>When the Vikings turned in their pick late a few years ago, I thought they probably knew their guy was going to be available later and wanted a discount.</div> And it worked. The player was Kevin Williams, and he turned out to be great.
Please. They will tell you that they planned that out, but in reality, nobody rolls like that. Don't make excuses for stupidity. The difference in cash between their original spot and the spot they ended up with is probably not that steep, and you don't know for certain that your guy is going to be there when you relinquish control of your "turn" at the podium. They let 2 or 3 picks roll by them before they finally had somebody run up there and do the thing. The intelligent thing to do, if there is any truth to their reasoning, is to *trade* down, acquire more picks in the process, and still get your guy.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (The Return of the Raider @ Apr 23 2008, 07:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Please. They will tell you that they planned that out, but in reality, nobody rolls like that. Don't make excuses for stupidity. The difference in cash between their original spot and the spot they ended up with is probably not that steep, and you don't know for certain that your guy is going to be there when you relinquish control of your "turn" at the podium. They let 2 or 3 picks roll by them before they finally had somebody run up there and do the thing. The intelligent thing to do, if there is any truth to their reasoning, is to *trade* down, acquire more picks in the process, and still get your guy.</div> Well I'm not making excuses, their old owner Red McCombs was extremely cheap. They probably couldn't trade down and/or weren't in love with anyone in particular, something like that.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (huevonkiller @ Apr 24 2008, 12:54 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>They probably couldn't trade down and/or weren't in love with anyone in particular, something like that.</div> Yes. They were probably still talking on the phone when their time ran out, talking about exactly what you are thinking, but were not ready for the time to run out on them. Regardless, that whole thing was the opposite of being "heads up" or "on the ball" or "in control" of that situation.
And thats the administration that stole a 4th rounder from Nilla Wafer and S.Q. Squarington III....its never good when you are getting gang raped by everyone else's punchline....the changes are because of TV, and nothing else....they wont make that much of difference, except in shortening my draft party and forcing BF1 and I to consume our bounties faster....Detroit fans might be a bit disorentated, they are used to being on the clock by 12:05, this year they wont get to pick their reciever until after 5pm....
"NFL decision-makers were a finicky lot at the NFL draft, making a record 33 trades on Saturday and Sunday, surpassing the previous record of 28 from the 2004 draft." I think that after this big experiment with the round length and shifting rounds, they should reconsider pushing round 3 into Sunday. If it wasn't clear before, it's clear now that having the extra time for trades doesn't make any difference. Teams will admit that they've already done all the preparation they needed to do, so why not get more done on day 1? <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pack Attack @ Apr 23 2008, 05:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Wow... I didn't realize the NFL is doing things so differently this year! Less time for picks. Later start time on Saturday. Only rounds 1 and 2 on day one. That's wild... Time changes for 2008 NFL Draft The 2007 draft included the longest first round in history, at six hours and eight minutes. It also had the longest first day, with the first three rounds stretching 11 hours, four minutes. Time allotted for draft picks Round Old limit New limit First 15 minutes 10 minutes Second 10 minutes 7 minutes 3rd-7th 5 minutes 5 minutes As a result, the times allotted for each team to make their picks has been adjusted. Those changes include: » Only Rounds 1 and 2 will take place on Saturday. Previously, the first three rounds of the draft were conducted on Saturday. » The draft will start at 3 p.m. ET on Saturday, three hours later than the previous start time. » The time allocated for each pick in Round 1 will be 10 minutes. Previously, the first round time was 15 minutes. » The time allocated for each pick in Round 2 will be seven minutes. Previously, it was 10 minutes. » Round 3 will be moved to Sunday and remain at five minutes per selection. (Rounds 4-7 will also remain at five minutes per pick.) » Sunday, the draft starts at 10 a.m. ET, rather than 11 a.m. ET. This year marks the first time in 13 years that the draft has undergone such a significant change in its format. Here is a break down of significant dates and changes in the history of the draft:</div>
Round 3 on day 2 was the only change I liked....shortening round 1 and 2 sucked in my opinion....Im used to gorging from noon until 2pm, laying around in a near coma until about 6pm, gorging again until 8pm or so and then falling into a real coma an hour later....this year, I didnt start until 3pm, gorged until about 5pm, layed around in a near coma until 9pm, and poof, the draft was over....I never got the 2nd wind to gorge again, it was too late....on a brighter note, BF1 ordered 50 wings, which we aniliated, I made a double batch of baked ziti, we have baked nachos, roasted peanuts, combos and enough soda to carbinate Lake Erie, and because of the new timing, we had some leftovers, which never happened in the past....atleast having the 3rd round on day 2 left more to look forward to and lengthend that, but not enough....I say go back to the way it was
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (TheBeef @ Apr 28 2008, 10:21 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Round 3 on day 2 was the only change I liked....shortening round 1 and 2 sucked in my opinion....Im used to gorging from noon until 2pm, laying around in a near coma until about 6pm, gorging again until 8pm or so and then falling into a real coma an hour later....this year, I didnt start until 3pm, gorged until about 5pm, layed around in a near coma until 9pm, and poof, the draft was over....I never got the 2nd wind to gorge again, it was too late....on a brighter note, BF1 ordered 50 wings, which we aniliated, I made a double batch of baked ziti, we have baked nachos, roasted peanuts, combos and enough soda to carbinate Lake Erie, and because of the new timing, we had some leftovers, which never happened in the past....atleast having the 3rd round on day 2 left more to look forward to and lengthend that, but not enough....I say go back to the way it was</div> Sounds like you guys had a great party once again. I haven't eaten breakfast yet, but now I'm starving. At our party, first we fixed omelletes for everyone. Keep in mind that it was only 11:00am here when people started to file in for the party. Other than that, it was lots of booze, chips, and salsa until dinner time. At some point in the afternoon, somebody drove to the grocery store (Raiders only had the #4 pick so there was a lot of "downtime" for some of us) to buy steaks for the grill. The sun seemed to had just gone down when people started taking off (I really don't know what time it was after hours of drinking, I just stumbled home and avoided getting hit by a car while crossing the street). We had a great time. It sounds like you were not in complete favor of them shifting the whole thing up two hours either? Starting at 3pm EST does seem a little late for the draft, considering you are really pushing bed time at the end of round 2. I never minded them starting kind of early in the morning, PST in the past, but apparently someone bitched hard enough to have them move it up. If they pushed it back to noon EST, then that might help you guys out a bit more given the eating/sleeping schedules. 3pm is kind of early for dinner, and too late for lunch so I can see how that might throw people off a bit. So now that they start the draft on the west coast at Noon, it gives them much more time to put advertisements in my face while I wait impatiently for the draft to start. When we start at 9am, I can just wake up, throw on shoes, and head to the party for the first pick. Saturday, I got there early, but had to watch more pre draft teasing from the talking heads. As if we haven't gotten enough hype and suspense in the months leading up to this event. If they were to move the start time back, then I think pulling round 3 back into Saturday would work for a lot of people, given the shortening of the rounds now.
