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In his latest column on SI.com, Peter King analyzes the possibility of the Dolphins letting the clock run on draft day.
"Five points:
1. I don't think Bill Parcells and Jeff Ireland know for sure who they want yet.
2. The only way a strategy like this would be smart would be if the Dolphins liked one or two other players nearly as much as they liked Long.
3. I hear Eric Mangini and Jets personnel met with Long in Charlottesville on Monday night. Hmmmm. Probably simple fact-finding. But imagine, Jets fans, a front three of 285-pound Shaun Ellis, 330-pound (they hope) Kris Jenkins and 275-pound Long. Not to rumor-monger, but if the Jets, who pick sixth, fell in love with Long, could they give Parcells enough to entice him to trade out of the pick?
4. 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 number one pick but would be positioning themselves simply to pay less.
5. The draft's not as fun as it was even a decade ago, when trades at the top were so common. Now, because no one wants to pay the first overall pick $35 million guaranteed (approximately what it will take to sign the first pick this year), trades are much less likely."
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/peter_king/03/18/mmqbte/index.html
If we like more than one candidate, my strategy would be to pick whoever agrees to a contract first.
What do you think?
"Five points:
1. I don't think Bill Parcells and Jeff Ireland know for sure who they want yet.
2. The only way a strategy like this would be smart would be if the Dolphins liked one or two other players nearly as much as they liked Long.
3. I hear Eric Mangini and Jets personnel met with Long in Charlottesville on Monday night. Hmmmm. Probably simple fact-finding. But imagine, Jets fans, a front three of 285-pound Shaun Ellis, 330-pound (they hope) Kris Jenkins and 275-pound Long. Not to rumor-monger, but if the Jets, who pick sixth, fell in love with Long, could they give Parcells enough to entice him to trade out of the pick?
4. 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 number one pick but would be positioning themselves simply to pay less.
5. The draft's not as fun as it was even a decade ago, when trades at the top were so common. Now, because no one wants to pay the first overall pick $35 million guaranteed (approximately what it will take to sign the first pick this year), trades are much less likely."
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/peter_king/03/18/mmqbte/index.html
If we like more than one candidate, my strategy would be to pick whoever agrees to a contract first.
What do you think?
