So I've been kicking around the idea that the 6th and 7th round is pointless

[heel31ok]

Honestly, if Goodell extends this out to 4 days I wouldn't be shocked if they added another couple of rounds like the old days.

DRAFT WEEK!    woo hoo!   

 

 I would like to see rds 1-2 on same.

[frash.exe]

Thank god Tom Brady didn't see this when he was drafted......

By the same logic, let's not get rid of the supplemental draft even though it's barely utilized anymore because Steve Young

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Josh Gordon

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[Peppers90 NC]

just turn off the idiot box and dont worry about what they do

[frash.exe]

Lemme finish that sentence fragment for you

...could've been signed as an undrafted free agent while not costing a shitty team a 2nd round pick that they sorely need

[hepcat]

Just because most players in the 6th and 7th round don't become stars in the NFL doesn't make it worthless.  Teams can get a lot of value from those rounds if they know what they're doing.  

[LinvilleGorge]

By the same logic, let's not get rid of the supplemental draft even though it's barely utilized anymore because Steve Young

 

How else are you supposed to fairly handle guys who are NFL eligible but who aren't in the regular draft?

 

It seems like you're searching for a solution where there isn't a problem.

[frash.exe]

Just because most players in the 6th and 7th round don't become stars in the NFL doesn't make it worthless. Teams can get a lot of value from those rounds if they know what they're doing.

More players became worthy contributors in the 8th round by the time they got rid of it in the early 90s, so yeah, the process is kind of redundant

[rodeo]

I think a week long 10 round draft would be great.

[CarolinaNCSU]

Josh Gordon

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Was a 2nd rounder in the supplemental draft?...

[rodeo]

Maybe it would make the later rounds more exciting if they counted down backwards. Like have the 7th round first and lead up to the 1st round.

[frash.exe]

How else are you supposed to fairly handle guys who are NFL eligible but who aren't in the regular draft?

It seems like you're searching for a solution where there isn't a problem.

Sign them as free agents newly instated into the league

[frash.exe]

If you guys are of the mindset that the two last rounds are worthy based on the 2 eventual pro bowlers they produce, how many rounds do you think the draft can go before nobody with any kind of potential slips into the undrafted pool?

[LinvilleGorge]

Sign them as free agents newly instated into the league

 

Again, unfair to the teams.  If this happened, instead of guys pulling an Eli on draft day, you'd simply see prospects who wanted to avoid the draft process go to special lengths to avoid the regular draft.  If this was how it happened, Clowney would've probably not declared for the draft this year, then made sure he got ruled ineligible by the NCAA after the draft thus instantly becoming a free agent and boom - he avoids the draft, avoids the rookie wage scale and hits the open market.

 

Your idea would create a massive issue instead of solving an imaginary, nonexistent problem.