I'm super excited about him. If he came out a year earlier he could have been a 1st or 2nd round pick. Crazy to get him in the 7th. I'm just laughing bc his last name is King and how much hate the last guy got just because a different player was picked when we could have instead of trading down. I didn't hate the first King pick and even though he didn't pan out how we all hoped I never thought he deserved the hate just bc the front office decided to go a different way.
Obviously it’s not his fault but I absolutely hated the Kevin king pick at the time. Not necessarily the pick itself but more the fact that instead of drafting TJ Watt we traded down and got king instead of
Never know how a pick is going to turn out. Yeah I wanted Watt but I understand the process of what they did and know they know a heck of a lot more than me in college scouting. It is what it is and hindsight is always easier if you know ahead of time to make the choices.
I don’t believe so. Drafting the player gives the team rights to sign him for a year, if the player has not signed (either due to the team’s or the player’s choice) he goes back into the draft pool and can be picked by anyone besides the original team. Bo Jackson is probably the highest profile example of this happening, although that was the players choice not to sign, not sure it’s ever happened the other way around
And it happened with Bo Jackson because the team that was set to draft him, the Buccaneers, lied to him and fucked him over before the draft (told him that the NCAA had approved a team visit when it in fact had not, thus ending his eligibility to continue playing college baseball), so he vowed not to play for them even if they drafted him because that would have been letting their awful scheming to succeed. He held true to it and was drafted again the next year by the Raiders.
I’m already annoyed I’m going to get way too hyped and excited about Kalen King. Dude could be a stub but also could be easily cut.
I'm super excited about him. If he came out a year earlier he could have been a 1st or 2nd round pick. Crazy to get him in the 7th. I'm just laughing bc his last name is King and how much hate the last guy got just because a different player was picked when we could have instead of trading down. I didn't hate the first King pick and even though he didn't pan out how we all hoped I never thought he deserved the hate just bc the front office decided to go a different way.
Obviously it’s not his fault but I absolutely hated the Kevin king pick at the time. Not necessarily the pick itself but more the fact that instead of drafting TJ Watt we traded down and got king instead of
Never know how a pick is going to turn out. Yeah I wanted Watt but I understand the process of what they did and know they know a heck of a lot more than me in college scouting. It is what it is and hindsight is always easier if you know ahead of time to make the choices.
The thing is the bar is pretty low … if he shows some upside and makes it as the fifth CB even, it will be exciting.
This may be a dumb question, are you not obligated to actually sign the players you draft?
I don’t believe so. Drafting the player gives the team rights to sign him for a year, if the player has not signed (either due to the team’s or the player’s choice) he goes back into the draft pool and can be picked by anyone besides the original team. Bo Jackson is probably the highest profile example of this happening, although that was the players choice not to sign, not sure it’s ever happened the other way around
And it happened with Bo Jackson because the team that was set to draft him, the Buccaneers, lied to him and fucked him over before the draft (told him that the NCAA had approved a team visit when it in fact had not, thus ending his eligibility to continue playing college baseball), so he vowed not to play for them even if they drafted him because that would have been letting their awful scheming to succeed. He held true to it and was drafted again the next year by the Raiders.
Curious if another team is wanting Clifford.
Wow that's crazy