Dolphins to pass on the 1st pick?

[woody1351]

http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/03/23/will-fins-pass-the-pick/

If we really dont know who to take or if we want someone who we think can be had at a lower pick i wouldnt mind doing this, if we can pay them less.

 

[SeasonsMusic]

stupid & stupid thread. no that wont happen.

 

[SpaceMountain16]

that's ridiculous

why people continue to go to PFT for these garbage rumors is beyond me.

 

[csabe]

Thats is funny but it won't happen.

 

[Dol_Fan_4_Ever]

This theory has been posted on here so many times, it's not funny. There is no way a team would pass up a pick on purpose to pay a player less (or stupidly, see Mike Tice). If your team sucks, you pay the price of a higher pick, that's how professional sports works. Every pro team goes through bad times and having to shell out money, it's a business cycle.

Besides, this article probably won't have any meaning in two years only because the NFL salary cap might not even be around anymore (Which I don't like IMHO).

 

[dabeastdabone]

I think the cost of the first pick is overrated. It's only a high cost if you draft bad. If the Dolphins feel they don't have the football knowledge to draft well, so much so they don't draft, then we are all in for a long four years.

 

[Itsdahumidity]

I think the cost of the first pick is overrated. It's only a high cost if you draft bad. If the Dolphins feel they don't have the football knowledge to draft well, so much so they don't draft, then we are all in for a long four years.

Couldn't agree with you more.

 

[godolphins1985]

Zero Chance of that happening... it would be more stupid than having Quinn falling to us at 9 then passing?!. (Even tho i am very happy with ginn)

 

[KPDolfan424]

they should make it a rule that if you dont pick at your pick then you forfit your pick at all, and cant pick untill next round, it should be you have to pick at your spot or not at all, its stupid that it isnt even a rule, how cant it be?

 

[GRYPHONK]

Didn't the Vikings end up having to pay their guy the same amount the 2nd time around anyway? They really didn't get a discounted price..

I never understand why people keep bringing this idea up. That article is absurd and quite frankly I would be very disappointed and annoyed if Parcells and Ireland played those High School games

 

[rayfinkle5]

I disagree...this is brilliant! Let the Rams and Falcons select while we work out a deal with Dallas in which we would take McFadden before the Raiders pick and send him to the Cowboys. I highly doubt this would happen but it is about the only way the Dolphins can stay in the trade mix.

 

[igor79]

According to Peter King, the agent of the player that Miami picked would hold their player out until he got first pick money.

I asked the agent for Long, Marvin Demoff, how he'd respond if he got wind that Miami, or any other team, was passing expressly to pay Long less. He said he'd treat the pick as if it were the first overall pick, because clearly the Dolphins would value him as the No. 1-overall pick but would be positioning themselves simply to pay less. I'm sure Demoff is not alone -- Tom Condon would do the same if the Falcons kept passing at No. 3 and then took quarterback Matt Ryan at, say, No. 7. Condon would hold out Ryan until he got third-pick money from the Falcons.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/peter_king/03/18/mmqbte/index.html?eref=fannation