Why Draft Rumors Are Just Rumors

[Raskle]

Uptown that is not that case at all.

Teams will covet a player that is in the their targeting draft spot, possibly a lil above or a lil below. They will not go nuts over a player that is going number one, when they have no trade ammunition AND picking in the second half of the round. There is very little difference in ability through most first rounds, so saying that the player that is coveted is a sure fire top 5 pick is not always the case. Example of this is Beason, I believe the only other player we were interested was Anderson or Adams? If they did not fall we knew he was our guy.

Secondly there is more than one way to design a smokescreen. First off. If a team think it knows the player you desperately want, it will never ever, ever try and trade with you. That is ilogical, it will make them trade with the guys IN FRONT of you. The smokescreen is nec. to prevent teams jumping in front to get the guy you actually want. So that is the first type. The misdirection to prevent teams jumping in front of you to get the same guy.

The second type you mention yourself, but that is a much much much harder task to achieve. Simply because the teams need to have identical needs, you need no players on your board at that point, or have various still on there. It is not a particularly reliable method and thus the main reason smokescreens are set up, are for the first situation. It rarely results in making teams trade with you.

Actually, even though it's a rarity, it has happened before. Think the Eli Manning drama from a few years back to understand where he's coming from.

[Mr. Scot]

Here's a good one (from KFFL).

Rams | Bought Sanchez a plane ticket?

Steve Wyche, of NFL.com, reports the St. Louis Rams have purchased a plane ticket for USC QB Mark Sanchez to fly from Los Angeles to St. Louis Sunday, April 26, when the team plans to introduce their top selection from the NFL Draft. While the team has bought a ticket, they may not select Sanchez. Wyche speculates the team could be trying to generate some trade interest by keeping Sanchez's name out there.

I think this one was specifically designed to make Dan Snyder crap his pants.

(hope it worked)

[Fireball77]

I would crap MY pants if the Rams have a team employee named Mark Sanchez who was in LA and is returning Sunday to St. Louis and leaked this on purpose and it's the TRUTH. hehe.

[Squirrel]

I would crap MY pants if the Rams have a team employee named Mark Sanchez who was in LA and is returning Sunday to St. Louis and leaked this on purpose and it's the TRUTH. hehe.

That would be to funny!

[DaveThePanther2008]

Uptown that is not that case at all.

Teams will covet a player that is in the their targeting draft spot, possibly a lil above or a lil below. They will not go nuts over a player that is going number one, when they have no trade ammunition AND picking in the second half of the round. There is very little difference in ability through most first rounds, so saying that the player that is coveted is a sure fire top 5 pick is not always the case. Example of this is Beason, I believe the only other player we were interested was Anderson or Adams? If they did not fall we knew he was our guy.

Secondly there is more than one way to design a smokescreen. First off. If a team think it knows the player you desperately want, it will never ever, ever try and trade with you. That is ilogical, it will make them trade with the guys IN FRONT of you. The smokescreen is nec. to prevent teams jumping in front to get the guy you actually want. So that is the first type. The misdirection to prevent teams jumping in front of you to get the same guy.

The second type you mention yourself, but that is a much much much harder task to achieve. Simply because the teams need to have identical needs, you need no players on your board at that point, or have various still on there. It is not a particularly reliable method and thus the main reason smokescreens are set up, are for the first situation. It rarely results in making teams trade with you.

Good Post!!!!!

The scenarios are endless. Teams with a multitude of picks want to get everyone they target and if they think a certain doesn't have one they are looking at they might be less inclined to trade up above that team.

You think of our "hush hush" attitude in the recent drafts. Godfrey and Kalil were not even mentioned but what a great job they did.

I remember the 07 draft. We all knew Willis was gonna be gone but the time he reached our spot. And when we drafted Beason I don't recall how many WTF posts I saw but WOW what a pick. The secretivity of our Warroom makes draft day almost like Christmas. We know what we asked for but in the end everything we got was cool. Well all except the tie...

Go Panthers