BLITZKRIEG
~LACUNA LEGIONS~
JAGS ENTER FRAY FOR WRIGHT
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Add one more team to the list of franchises interested in USC defensive tackle Manuel Wright, who'll be eligible for selection in the NFL supplemental draft on July 14.
Wright, we're told, will visit the Jags on Wednesday and Thursday before heading to Miami for a Friday visit. Wright also has visited the Eagles and the Bengals.
As we've previously reported, the Dolphins plan to select Wright in the supplemental draft.
And of the teams interested in Wright, the Fins will have dibs -- if they pull the trigger in the same round as the Eagles, Jags, and/or Bengals. Although the process is based on a weighted lottery (with the worst team from a year ago getting 32 balls in the hopper, the next worst team getting 31, and so on), the draft order is split between teams with six or fewer wins from the prior season -- and all other teams.
So the Fins will be lumped together with the Browns, the Titans, the Raiders, the Giants, the Redskins, the Cowboys, the Lions, the Bears, the Bucs, the Cardinals, and the 49ers. In any given round, then, there's no way that Miami will fall below Philly, Cincy, or Jacksonville.
Still, there's definitely a poker-table aspect to this venture. Each round lasts ten total minutes, and the franchises exercise their picks -- if any -- via e-mail during the same ten-minute period. After the e-mails are submitted, the league office determines whether two or more teams have selected the same guy, and the league office then awards the player to the highest team in the lottery rankings.
Thus, teams who claim to be interested in Wright could be bluffing in order to prompt another team to burn a high-round 2006 draft pick. And teams who haven't expressed an interest might be keeping quiet in the hopes of pouncing at the right time.
Because many believe Wright to be a third-rounder or a fourth-rounder, our guess is that someone will put in a claim for him in round two. It would be a shock, frankly, if a team burns a 2006 first-round pick on Wright. However, we don't rule out a first-round move by a team projected to be picking low in round one next year.
The team that picks Wright will get extra money added to their 2005 rookie pool for the purposes of signing him. Nevertheless, the team will be required to fit all 2005 draft picks -- and all other players -- under the current cap year.
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PFT isn't the most credible source, but I like reading their stuff anyway. Wright is one player we really could use since we're so thin at DT, and the way they make it sound, we have one of the the best chances to take him....
PHINZ RULE!!!
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Add one more team to the list of franchises interested in USC defensive tackle Manuel Wright, who'll be eligible for selection in the NFL supplemental draft on July 14.
Wright, we're told, will visit the Jags on Wednesday and Thursday before heading to Miami for a Friday visit. Wright also has visited the Eagles and the Bengals.
As we've previously reported, the Dolphins plan to select Wright in the supplemental draft.
And of the teams interested in Wright, the Fins will have dibs -- if they pull the trigger in the same round as the Eagles, Jags, and/or Bengals. Although the process is based on a weighted lottery (with the worst team from a year ago getting 32 balls in the hopper, the next worst team getting 31, and so on), the draft order is split between teams with six or fewer wins from the prior season -- and all other teams.
So the Fins will be lumped together with the Browns, the Titans, the Raiders, the Giants, the Redskins, the Cowboys, the Lions, the Bears, the Bucs, the Cardinals, and the 49ers. In any given round, then, there's no way that Miami will fall below Philly, Cincy, or Jacksonville.
Still, there's definitely a poker-table aspect to this venture. Each round lasts ten total minutes, and the franchises exercise their picks -- if any -- via e-mail during the same ten-minute period. After the e-mails are submitted, the league office determines whether two or more teams have selected the same guy, and the league office then awards the player to the highest team in the lottery rankings.
Thus, teams who claim to be interested in Wright could be bluffing in order to prompt another team to burn a high-round 2006 draft pick. And teams who haven't expressed an interest might be keeping quiet in the hopes of pouncing at the right time.
Because many believe Wright to be a third-rounder or a fourth-rounder, our guess is that someone will put in a claim for him in round two. It would be a shock, frankly, if a team burns a 2006 first-round pick on Wright. However, we don't rule out a first-round move by a team projected to be picking low in round one next year.
The team that picks Wright will get extra money added to their 2005 rookie pool for the purposes of signing him. Nevertheless, the team will be required to fit all 2005 draft picks -- and all other players -- under the current cap year.
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PFT isn't the most credible source, but I like reading their stuff anyway. Wright is one player we really could use since we're so thin at DT, and the way they make it sound, we have one of the the best chances to take him....
PHINZ RULE!!!
