Report: League to Move Draft to May, Change Start of League Year to Before Combine
Per NFL.com
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap100...l-draft-to-may
Tentative date of next years draft to be May 15th.
This looks to be a trial run for next year and if it works, it will stay.
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I kind of like it. Keeps football more relevant this deep into the off season.
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Eh, not sure I like this. By the time April 25th rolls around, I'm dying for some Football coverage and the draft satisfies me Football thirst until about July, then Training Camp has started :word
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why? just wondering what gain they see in the move
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Ravenswintitle
why? just wondering what gain they see in the move
1,000 more mock drafts (?) perhaps spoil Mother's Day, if they move to a Sunday too (?) maybe the Preakness (?) Anyhow, it's a bad idea IMO :thumbdown: ... Bc
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Another perspective is it gives teams almost an entire extra month to scout, assess, and work free agency.
I like it. I especially like that the new league year will start before the combine and not in March. This will force teams to have to make decisions a little quicker on players and figure out the cap. IMO, that alone could make free agency much more unique.
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Paintballguy
It already takes forever till the draft. How many more mocks do we need?
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Well, they made a section specifically for draft talk, mocks, and scouting reports.
So, if you want to avoid all of those pesky mocks...just don't go to that section of the forum.
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Draft time is always a huge wait for me, and now they made it worse! Don't like this move at all!
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This headed the wrong direction. :thumbdown: I would have preferred seeing the draft moved up a few weeks to permit coaches more time to assess their new players.
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Great! An extra month of the already 5,000,000 threads speculating if every player eligible for the draft is coming to the Ravens.
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Mista T
This headed the wrong direction. :thumbdown: I would have preferred seeing the draft moved up a few weeks to permit coaches more time to assess their new players.
I was actually kind of hoping to see the draft come right after the combine too. I like that they moved the league year up...but after thinking about it, I kind of wish that the draft came in early March rather than in May. Then after the draft, you have free agency.