Sentences with phrase «high draft pick»

I'm mostly referring to the concept of that it takes years of high draft picks, etc just to hope to contend.

If these teams sign more than one free agent that declined a qualifying offer, it loses its third - and sixth - highest draft picks on top of that.

Both are high draft picks who have been cast off by their original teams, and neither has shown any promise in training camp.

He looked like a future All - American and high draft pick at guard last year.

The good news is that high draft picks gave both teams fancy new toys to play with.

Normally I don't like giving away high draft picks, BUT....

A bet on the short term and the long term, that only a very high draft pick can bring.

And with all of the possible high draft picks, we could be real contenders sooner rather than later.

It won't be two years worth of high draft picks.

Many of the top names will have new roles heading into the season, while others are high draft picks who are still young and have yet to show their full potential.

Boston does not want to trade top prospects or high draft picks for expensive rentals.

Around midseason, when Morris was traded for yet another pick, it became clear that for the second time in five years, the Suns would tank it out and amass a couple of high draft picks in a full rebuild.

It looks more and more apparent that the Houston Texans will select South Carolina DE Jadeveon Clowney with the first overall pick, but many teams with high draft picks (including # 3 Jacksonville, # 4 Cleveland, # 5 Oakland, # 7 Tampa Bay, # 8 Vikings) have a need at QB.

Any team that would potentially sign him likely wouldn't benefit that much in the standings and probably wouldn't mind a nice high draft pick next year.

If they don't resign McGee, the A's will get two high draft picks as compensation, a fact not lost on Alderson.

There will always be enough Draymonds and Butlers to fool people into thinking that great players could be had without getting high draft picks.

One recent high draft pick spent on a position player (Derek Hill) is pretty disappointing.

Washington gave up a bounty to land the Baylor quarterback, trading away multiple high draft picks to select him No. 2 overall in the 2012 NFL Draft.

Adding a new D - Coordinator, a couple high draft picks, Williams (hopefully another corner), Wilkerson, and our young guys gaining a year of experience should help us field a potentially solid defense.

most high draft pick QBs are busts, and the all - time greats like Montana, Brady, Kurt Warner come out of nowhere.

The Sixers are basically trying a more radical version of what the Oklahoma City Thunder and Golden State Warriors have done: accumulate a few high draft picks who will turn into superstars, nail a few later picks, build a solid core, and fill in the gaps in free agency.

Suck hard and collect high draft picks.

If you are an undrafted, overachieving survivor and the guy who just got the ax is a former high draft pick who happened to play your position, you might feel a quick blast of vindication as well.

They traded a first or second for each of those guys (in addition to their best OL), and not only did the acquired players largely underperform, but the lack of high draft picks brought them to where they are today: having to waste precious years of Wilson's prime to rebuild their defense.

This may be the wrong interpretation, sure, but a medium level of success sounds like a better way to start a franchise, rather than getting blamed that the league strongarmed the other teams into giving up too good of players or too many high draft picks.

The Buccaneers also spent relatively high draft picks on Craig Erickson (No 86 overall, 1992), Shaun King (No. 50 overall, 1999) and Chris Simms (No. 97 overall, 2003), but none of the three ever started more than 29 games in Tampa.

Van Noy wasn't the only high draft pick castoff making plays for the Pats on Sunday.

These players are expendable to their respective teams because of skill, an attempt to clear up cap space for a free agency signing, formerly high draft picks who ended up as busts, or any combination of the three.

Two weeks before the 49ers open one of the final seasons of the Steve Young - Jerry Rice era, you would think San Francisco would be kicking itself for not having devoted enough high draft picks or free - agent money to shore up an aging and depleted offensive line.

Precept was quickly successful, representing seven NBA first - round picks, several high draft picks in the NFL, an MLB player and several Olympic gold - medal winners.

Looking at recent trades that involve young, high draft picks for prospects, Drouin for Mikhail Sergachev quickly comes to mind.

I'm not saying that they expected instant success (this season has been nothing short of amazing), but that the way the expansion draft was set up to ensure they had the chance to get better players than normal for an expansion team / parlay those picks in to high draft picks in the next few years has given me the uneasy feeling that many fans of other teams will quickly grow tired of Vegas over the next couple years if they keep winning.

The Jags had been building one the of the leagues best defenses with high draft picks, had just drafted their QB of the future, and were moving to a power running game under Coughlin / Marrone....

You know, trading Kawhi and Aldridge for as many young starters and / or high draft picks as we can get isn't the worst idea in the world.

Failure is giving up multiple high draft picks to trade up and get a QB who doesn't pan out.

That's why The Plan calls for building around a collection of high draft picks who take their lumps before maturing together into a homegrown core that inspires a generation of fans.

The Sixers have blatantly tanked for high draft picks the last two seasons, and don't seem any closer to competing for a playoff spot than they did two year ago when master - tanker Sam Hinkie was hired as GM.

I could see a high draft pick competing with Corey Graham for the third safety spot, I guess.

So we can either hope for a higher draft pick that they won't mess up or what?

Maybe not as much power as you'd like in a high draft pick, but with everything else he seems to offer for tools (and he does have some pop in that bat), he's probably my 3rd favorite choice in that spot.

In that he was a high draft pick on the defensive line that had several issues with his attitude / personality / the law that cost him his job.

Just a thought of one team who is in the «NO» side of the answer to the QB Question:» Do you have a QB that can lead a playoff run or a high draft pick waiting behind a vet that was chosen by the current regime?»

No bad contracts, pick your own QB, high draft picks... it's basically like an expansion team.

but I think we can plan on another high draft pick next year.

They've used their high draft picks on starting pitchers.

This doesn't explain what happened since it was in managements interest to shut him down... get him healing faster, increase odds for higher draft pick and give a younger player a chance to show his stuff.

Not a deep threat, not tall enough to go up and get jump balls, doesn't make many chunk plays, bit of a locker room problem, wants a lot of money, will cost a high draft pick (probably).

There is no reason to use a high draft pick to trade for a safety that might have 2 more good years left in him.

If I'm the Suns GM / Coach (and I WANT to get a high draft pick next year), what's the sense in Bender competing when he can instead use his minutes to work on his in - game shooting and range?