Sentences with phrase «for draft position»

Sportsbook.com has set the over / under for his draft position at 8.5 with -245 juice on the under.

If your favorite squad is locked into a playoff seed (Jaguars, Chiefs, Eagles), only playing for draft position (Packers, Lions, Redskins, Giants, Cowboys, etc.) or no longer capable of eliciting anything resembling feelings from your broken soul (Browns), it should be a stress - free Sunday.

If your favorite squad is locked into a playoff seed (Jaguars, Chiefs, Eagles), only playing for draft position (Packers, Lions, Redskins, Giants, Cowboys, etc.)...

Considering that 4 - year player and 2013 - 14 NCAA Player of the Year Doug McDermott is still on the board and that his over / under for draft position is 9.5 at both Sportsbook.com and Bovada, this could be another ideal pairing.

Like the TE pick as well for draft position.

At this point both of these guys look at least average for their draft position.

Not exact matches

The 1983 NFL Draft is one of the most famous in the game's history, for one key reason: the quarterback position.

For example, the coalition said, «the conditions proposed in the draft order do not fully prevent Charter from using its dominant position in the marketplace to thwart competition from streaming services and to stifle competitors in underserved, rural communities.»

The EU has set out its draft guidelines for trade talks which warn that the U.K.'s current position on Brexit will result in «negative economic consequences.»

Moreover, since the rise of the Wildrose Party, PC throne speeches tended to propose policies driven by talking points — not the other way around as you might imagine — drafted mainly to cancel positions and strategies that had proved effective for the Wildrose Opposition.

Once the Mayors have developed their transportation plan for the region, the Board hopes the Mayors position it as a «draft» plan that then goes to the public and stakeholders for consultation.

When Pope Francis read the «almost completed» draft of Lumen Fidei one does not imagine that he thought to himself: «Yes I want to endorse Ratzinger's position on X, Y and Z.» Rather, he thought: «The Successor of Peter, yesterday, today and tomorrow, is always called to strengthen his brothers and sisters in the priceless treasure of that faith which God has given as a light for humanity's path» (LF 7)(italics added).

While I commend Beck for advocating charity (even if he does it mostly to make political points), if people like Beck and Santorum are such devout, outspoken Christians, why were they not vocal in support of the long - standing Vatican and Christian position that the War in Iraq violated Christian Just War Criteria from the beginning, and vociferously denounce the draft - dodging, war profiteers and religious hypocrites who started it?

While I commend Beck for advocating charity (even if he does it mosty to make political points), if people like Beck and Santorum are such devout, outspoken Christians, why were they not vocal in support of the long - standing Vatican and Chrisitan position that the War in Iraq violated Christian Just War Criteria from the beginning, and vociferously denounce the draft - dodging, war profiteers and religious hypocrites who started it?

(22 May 2014) Discussions on the draft «Principles for Responsible Investments in Agriculture» highlight the diverging positions between governments, the private sector, civil society and farming communities.

This runs in direct contrast with the odds at Sportsbook.com where they have set the over / under for Oladipo's draft position at 3.

I know we're looking for draft assets but I don't think this is a position you want to gamble with.

If you wait until the draft unfolds and can pencil in a starter at an impact position for a team weak at that position then you can choose a likely stat heavy player.

We should begin banishing the thought of only drafting for immediate starters and being okay with highly drafted backups if at positions with higher learning curves

At this point the Niners may be best positioned to trade out of 9 before the draft, possibly to a team that wants to move up, but needs a higher pick as the move back slot for the trade partner.

We have seen as the concept of need is also very volatile in the NFL: one or two injuries at a position and a solid group is now shallow; you draft to become a contender the sooner, not to field the best team you can for the following season, and if a youngster becomes a top player at a position where you are stacked, you can later trade your veterans, or just have expensive contracts off the book...

He did 25 reps on the bench, which is good enough for me, but certainly not an eye - popping number when you compare it to top performers on bench at his position in this draft or in previous drafts.

For all of the chatter All - America Marcus Smart generated last April, when he decided to return to school instead of entering the NBA draft, his coach, Travis Ford, has been more impressed by Smart's decision making at the point guard position.

But one thing that I would find more enlightening than a mock would be a discussion of what the big board looks like that underpins this draft — the prioritization of players both by position (G, S, ILB, etc.) and by draft position (Hernandez ranked higher than Rashaad Penny, for example).

You hope they draft a number 2 and the rest of the guys battle it out for the slot position.

With Keenum I think they are in a good position to draft one of the 4 QBs if one drops but they don't seem as desperate to do so as the Jets or Bills for example — Kind of like the Packers who had Rodgers fall into their lap.

The Rams are in a good spot with their LT position in that they can have a draft pick play behind Whitworth for a year or two before taking over in 2019 or 2020.

The same teammates that you've been practicing with for three years, who helped you get your draft position, are counting on you to help them win a Bowl Game.

I think one thing Howie has done a GREAT job of is filling roster spots with inexpensive FAs, so that they don't go into the draft DESPERATE for a particular position.

Getting 1 guy in this draft that can come in and be the insurance / replacement for Foster is more than enough to spend on a position that is only the # 5 or 6 most important in the defensive scheme that the 49ers run.

I want the 49ers to draft a guy at Edge that I believe has the best chance to be a well above - average producer at his position for the longest time in the 49ers system.

In a draft so slim on Safeties, and with the absolute disaster the safety position was for us last year, to pass on one of the transcendent talents in this draft, should he fall to TEN, is sheer lunacy.

Guys are likely to cut later down the road due to FA signings and draft picks that we could sign to fill in for some of the positions we don't hit on in the draft.

My methodology went like this: I searched the Baseball - Reference database for players drafted at each position.

Say what you want about Smith but Mahomes probably never ends up in a Chief uniform if Smith didn't stabilize our QB position and bought time for GM to draft the right QB at the right time.

Some mock drafts have Baylor's Jason Smith and Virginia's Eugene Monroe going one - two, which would also be a first for the position.

That doesn't necessarily answer the question, though, since you could say the same thing for just about any position you draft after the fourth round.

If some future draft capital had been spent for on a couple of positions to have pushed us past the Seahawks in that NFCCG, well, we'd have one more Lombardi on display in Santa Clara.

Hubbard can line up at several different positions for the Titans, and his versatility gives him some extra value in the draft.

Smith could also serve as a 2 - 5 year bridge to the Redskin QBOTF, so the team would not feel the pressure to move up in the draft (in the 13th position this year) for a prospect it does not love or overspend for Kirk Cousins or whichever QB Minnesota decides not to keep.

I get that the CB depth is thin right now, and I understand wanting to draft and develop a CB to spell guys every now and again, but I seriously question the thought process behind spending a 2nd round pick on a CB again when he's not even being groomed for a starting position.

2nd round pick we take care of the running back position with Guice, who I doubt will be there but for the sake of this draft it's great value in a position of need.

CJ was undrafted and cracked the roster, you don't need to draft high for this position a la Kareem Hunt.

We can go all up & down the draft to see where BigReg could've picked someone better for the same position (picked Conley instead of Tre'Davious White in 1st round, etc.).

That opinion was further cemented when Bovada posted the over / under for Embiid's draft position at 5, although there was heavy juice -LRB--170) on the under.

Over the next eight weeks quarterbacks JaMarcus Russell of LSU and Brady Quinn of Notre Dame will be jockeying for position atop NFL draft boards.

The Jaguars have some good young talent that could develop into solid pieces, so if they can make one or two big moves in the draft and with a good coach they could put themselves in good position in their division for the next 5 - 7 years.

The following year, with their draft position knocked back a couple rungs, they would have missed out on Mike Pelfrey, and they would have settled for Andrew McCutchen instead.

By comparing a player's average ESPN draft position with the player prop futures at Bovada, we have been able to determine the players who sportsbooks believe are primed for a breakthrough season.

Unless we can swap some of our draft capital for a future 1st or, dare I say, trade Shady, I'm unsure the Bills put a QB in a position to succeed if we go HAM on a tradeup.