Quote:
Originally Posted by transplant99
|
There was an artical on nfl.com the other day suggesting the Bengals should just skip their pick.
Just_skip_your_pick
This made it sound like they could let the clock expire and let the next team pick and so on until they felt like making their pick. Essentially no player in this draft was worth what the #4 pick would command monetarily. Bengals would be better off to save the money and let a few teams move in front of them, and likely still get the player they want 5-6 spots later.
I'd love to see a team do this. Right now the NFL's rookie wage scale is a big time problem. Really if you can skip a pick and jump back in when you want....I'm wondering why the hell Scott Pioli didnt' do this in 2009? Clearly he didn't like any player that much, and I suspect he could have let at least 7 other teams pick and still get Tyson Jackson if theat was the guy he really wanted.
I would think that if you opted to skip your pick than you wouldn't be able to pick again until every other team behind you had picked. Even in that scenario...many teams likely gain by not committing huge money, and having a chance to grab a decent player at that spot. The Patriots have done brilliantly with these late first, early second round guys.