NFL Draft

The NFL announced the 32 compensatory choices for the 2005 Draft yesterday. The Collective Bargaining Agreement allows for teams that lose more, or better free agents in a year, to be compensated with draft picks. Shrouded in mystery, the NFL Management Council has a ‘magic formula’ for determining these picks that is based somewhat on … Read more

The following is an unofficial selection order for all 7 rounds of the 2005 NFL draft. The draft will take place on April 23rd and 24th and has been moved to the Jacob Javits Convention Center as was reported earlier this month. Thirty-two compensatory picks are still to be added, and are usually announced at … Read more

With the draft just over a month away, enough offseason has transpired to feel confident about doing an initial mock draft. This is just the first in a series of 3 or 4 as the April 23rd date draws closer, as there will inevitably be more free agent moves before then that can affect the … Read more

Adding to the Maurice Clarett saga, he was denied access to participate in the Ohio State Pro Day on March 9. Clarett was deemed ineligible by school officials because he was not currently enrolled there and did not play there in the last year. They have also reportedly stated that his presence would be a … Read more

The NFL has announced that the 70th NFL Draft will be held at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City. The draft has been held at Madison Square Garden since 1995, but politics and a finished contract led to the possibility that it might be moved out of New York for the first … Read more

When tales of an Auburn running back making waves at the combine hit the news wires, many people’s initial reaction was that Cadillac Williams must have been doing well. In reality, it was his college teammate and backup Ronnie Brown making a splash. The initial read on Brown was that he was more of a … Read more

After Maurice Clarett and Mike Williams both challenged the NFL to enter last year’s draft and lost, both have been looking forward to their chance to prove their worth to the NFL masses. That chance came over the weekend at the NFL combine in Indianapolis. The weekend was decidedly better for one, while the other … Read more

This is the final installment of team needs for the NFC. The Dallas Cowboys have already made some noise signing Drew Bledsoe and releasing Marcellus Wiley. But with 2 selections in the first round of the draft, and over $15 million in cap space, they’re sure to be far from done. The Redskins, Eagles and … Read more

Here is the next installment of our Team Needs for the 2005 Draft section. With the Falcons and the Buccaneers being so far over the cap presently ($14M and $12M respectively), there will be a lot of NFC South activity before the draft even arrives. The Buccaneers also have the 5th pick overall. Check out … Read more

Here is the next installment of our Team Needs for the 2005 Draft section. The Seahawks, Rams, 49ers and Cardinals have over $60 million in available cap space between the four of them. And with San Francisco also possessing the first overall selection in the draft, the NFC West is sure to impact the NFL’s … Read more