… and other tidbits from the league’s overhaul of the NFL Draft — and as far as I’m concerned, it’s never too early to talk draft, even if your team is headed to the Super Bowl.
1. With only the first and second rounds taking place on the first day, Day 2 will likely become the most lengthy of the weekend (except in cases where the Broncos trade the remainder of their picks to move into the fourth round, as they did in April).
2. The first day of the draft now begins at 3 p.m. EDT, 1 p.m. MDT — three hours later than it did last year. It can still stretch well into the evening, however, because it starts so late.
3. With 10 minutes per pick for the first round, it can last no longer than five hours and 20 minutes — five hours and 10 minutes for 2008 because the New England Patriots were docked a selection. With a 15-minute time limit as in previous years, the first round could have endured for eight hours, but it never did; last year’s first round was the longest in league history — six hours and eight minutes, which is 76.666667 percent of the potential time that could be used. If that percentage carries over for this coming year, the first round would be four hours, five minutes and 20 seconds.
4. At seven minutes per pick in the second round, it can last no longer than three hours, 44 minutes. That means the latest the first day of the draft can end is at 11:54 p.m. EDT (9:54 MDT) — eight hours and 54 minutes after commissioner Roger Goodell puts the first team on the clock.
5. Better get up early on Sunday; the third round begins at 8 a.m. MDT. I’m sure the West Coast teams are thrilled with that change.
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Mr. Mason, why has there been no further information regarding Denver and scrapping Jim Bates system? It was easy enough to spot from the couh the minute the linemen took their stances. They weren’t as far apart and the linebackers were spread out. Work with what you have, don’t force a square peg into a round hole Bates!
Because no one has said anything publicly regarding such a concept; therefore, there’s nothing to report. (I don’t trust unattributed sources, like the vague “Denver insider” that is mentioned in the FoxSports.com article that was referenced in yesterday’s blog comments.) There were some tweaks, like you mentioned, but there’s some fiddling every week, whether it’s for strategic purposes in regards to the opponent or a shift in personnel, like deactivating Amon Gordon. And certainly with two weeks to prepare for a game, there’s more time to adjust and incorporate something new.
Thanks for the update Mason. I noticed Marcus Thomas getting owned by the great Alan Faneca, often with initial help from the RG.
How’d you think Marcus Thomas played? I’m thrilled he is getting all this playing time BTW, let the rookies get thier snaps in and learn on the job. Should have done the same with Cutler last year as soon as the clock struck 0 in StL.
It was nice to see though that all three of those guys, Thomas, Clowder and Moss were in there all together at the same time. Those three with Elvis in the building…..the future is bright!
Oh yea, Mase, you get Rockies tickets or just not interested?
Been trying since the links went up on the Rockies site … so far, nada. Haven’t gotten any further than the countdown page.
Got through to the ticket choice page once, but after I put in the number of seats I wanted, it kicked me back to the countdown page.
Re: #3 in your draft comments, supra… could you be more of a nerd?
“Say, what’s the over and under on how long the first day draft will run?”
The ol’ GF must be proud, she’s savin’ lives and your busting out a slide rule and looking for masking tape to fix your glasses! Some days I just crack myself up…
Yeah, law, you’re frickin’ hilarious. Just thought some people might like to know how long the thing might last. Cripes … sometimes I wonder why I bother.
Andrew as always, I appreciate the detailed information. Quick question for you, any chance the Broncos will wear the orange jerseys on Monday night or are they going all-blue again? Perhaps it’s wishful thinking on my behalf because of Halloween and because I love the orange.
I thought we covered this already. The orange jerseys are bad luck, and should be thrown away permanently.
Okay Hyde, if you want to be all superstitious, this would be the third time the Broncos have worn the alternative orange jerseys, thus making it good luck.
Hey Mr. Mason,
Great job! as always my fellow Bronconian. Have you heard anything regarding Henry’s appeal? My follow up to that is, will the coaches ride that horse til the absolute end before a change? Or, do you see Young getting more and more touches than he’s already getting? Is there value in admitting the obvious and pushing Young towards that role vs. at the last minute.
I’m sure it’s a day to day process..but at any rate what do you think is the correct approach in replacing him.
Take care
The draft will be much easier to watch this year. Monday will be awesome!
It sucks that the orange jerseys are a bad portent for our Broncs because I think they look sweet. May the Broncos draft lower than 20th once again because if that’s true, we’re going to be a playoff team!
Hey, the orange uni’s can’t be any worse that the orange get-ups the Bengals wear, or for that matter the orange that the Bears don sometimes. Or worse, the powder blue’s with the new White helmet the Chargers wear takes the cake for ugly. Having said that, I really think the orange uni’s look rather cool. They’re a tribute to our orange jersey days of just 10 years ago–but cooler!!! Heck, I’ve envisioned the Broncs using an orange-pant-with-blue-stripe to go with the hated orange uni’s. We could even take a page out of teams like the Chargers book and go with total change: Orange helmets with a navy blue Bronco and facemasks too for Monday-night-novelty sakes. We’d look kind of like Syracuse! Ugly is good, especially if we go on a dominating winning streak. Just think of Penn State when they used to whoop tail and take names in those God-awful deep blue-on-whites they wore…Anyhow, whatever colors they wear, go Donks!!!
And by the way, Mase, since you were talking about the draft, any word on who the Broncs will be eyeing next year–like safetys that can put the wood to guys like John & Nick–AND COVER AS WELL??? If we get some good one’s next draft, John & Nick can begin grooming them sooner than later so they can grow with the newbie D-linemen we’ve scored…