Official 2011 NFL Draft Thread.

[techs]

I didn't see this anywhere so I started it.
Draft starts in 45 minutes.

Remember, draftees, your local Mercedes Benz dealership is open until midnight..

 

[benzylic]

Roger Goodell gets booed, mixed in with chants of "let them play", and I think Newton was the only player to get booed.

 

[hclarkjr]

it sucks no trades of existing players can occur. this is going to be one messed up draft

 

[techs]

Tonite you will see a miraculous site. In the space of a nanosecond a college player will go from hating the NFLPA and opposing everything it stands for, to loving and adoring the NFLPA and supporting everything it stands for.


btw this may be the luckiest group of players ever drafted. They could get the advantages of no limits on their first contracts, yet after a new deal is done they could benefit from the limits on incoming future draftees diverting more money to todays draftees when they sign their next contract as veterans.

 

[hclarkjr]

i doubt very much any contracts will be done till they have new agreement

 

[techs]

it sucks no trades of existing players can occur. this is going to be one messed up draft

I think it makes it more interesting.

Now a team needs to get the player it needs from the draft. And the only thing they can use to get them is trading draft picks. Gonna be an interesting draft, I think.

 

[Sunburn74]

Yeah its an absolutely ridiculous situation. Can't believe they couldn't work it out before this point.

 

[techs]

i doubt very much any contracts will be done till they have new agreement

Hmm. Can they do that? Retroactively impose a salary cap on the draftees?
If they can, then if the NFL teams stall and don't sign a player before the new agreement they will be sued. I beleive that would violate anti trust laws as well as the court injunction in place.

 

[benzylic]

I kinda hate how they show the players talking on their cell phone and smiling right before a pick is announced, takes the suspense out of it.

 

[zerocool84]

Yup, that showed we already knew where Cam was going.

Oh and Goodel is getting boo`d. I love it

 

[rcpratt]

Panthers just set themselves back a few more years.

 

[benzylic]

Cam getting some boos too.

I just dont think he will be that successful.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Suckers. Newton will be a bust.

 

[hclarkjr]

glad somebody took him before the skins pick!!! hopefully skins trade their pick for more picks later on

 

[a123456]

Eh, don't really like it. Newton is a high-risk pick. I guess we'll see.

 

[zerocool84]

Aww Von Miller is crying.

 

[techs]

Goodell is getting booed something fierce.

 

[techs]

Aww Von Miller is crying.

You'd cry too if you were headed to the mess in Denver.

 

[Numenorean]

And on the home page of the Denver Post:

NFL draft live: Broncos prepping for No. 2 pick, open to trades

OH JOY! What are we going to do this time? Trade Kyle Orton, Tim Tebow and Champ Bailey for Chris Henry?

 

[hclarkjr]

wonder if bungles will take QB?

 

[techs]

wonder if bungles will take QB?

If you're a qb drafted by the bungles, now there is a reason to cry.

 

[benzylic]

Bengals probably go that LSU cornerback, and draft either Locker, Mallet, or Dalton whichever is available in the 2nd.

 

[MikeMike]

And on the home page of the Denver Post:



OH JOY! What are we going to do this time? Trade Kyle Orton, Tim Tebow and Champ Bailey for Chris Henry?

There can be no trading of players during this years draft...

 

[MikeMike]

AJ Green to the BUNGALS???

FUCK Browns needed him.

 

[Numenorean]

There can be no trading of players during this years draft...

That wouldn't stop them from just giving them away then.