Comments on: Is Josh Gordon being overhyped?

By: mrfrostyj

mrfrostyj — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:47:16 +0000

The only teams I hear that are hyping the guy as a realistic possibility are Cleveland (who has a QB controversy completely based around his former teammate Kendall Wright not being available to them at 22) and the Redskins (because RGIII now runs the front office of that team apparently). The other teams are probably just doing their due diligence on the guy since if he doesn’t get picked up in the draft he can be signed as an undrafted free agent immediately. Honestly I can’t see him getting past one of the two teams I mentioned. I for one hope it’s Cleveland just so we don’t have to read more reports of their front office complaining about getting cheated out of another Baylor player.

By: sj39

sj39 — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 12:09:58 +0000

It amazes me how little so many commenters really know about the NFL and it’s rules. Not just the supplemental draft but free agency, the salary cap, and things like compensatory picks that just escape most of the readers. There is more to the NFL than bragging rights for your team and talking trash about other teams you know.

By: jfinn5

jfinn5 — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 06:18:24 +0000

How does one become academically ineligible at Oklahoma State?

By: tfaulk

tfaulk — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 04:30:50 +0000

I don’t understand this “looking up” thing or why I would need to do it. Can someone explain to me how I would look something up on the Internet and why I would want to do it?

By: maximusprime107

maximusprime107 — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 03:10:17 +0000

I just looked up to see if there are any notable players taken in the supp. draft, had no idea Cris Carter was one. The most recent notable guy taken was Jared Gaither

By: mrfrostyj

mrfrostyj — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 03:05:24 +0000

Supplemental draft is a crap shoot just like the real one. Most famous players I can recall to come out of the supplemental draft are legendary Browns QB Bernie Kosar out of Miami (who declared for the draft late purposely so Cleveland could take him), Chargers nose tackle Jamal Williams (academically ineligible to play his senior year at Oklahoma State) and Vikings wide receiver Chris Carter (declared ineligible to play at Ohio State his senior year for hiring an agent).

By: brownsalwaysrebuilding

brownsalwaysrebuilding — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 02:55:19 +0000

Bernie Kosar was a supplemental draft pick. He intentionally filed his paperwork for the draft late and had to go into the supplemental draft while the Browns traded a load of picks for the Bill’s top pick in the next draft so that they could use that pick in the supplemental draft to get Kosar who grew up in Ohio and wanted to play for them. Pretty slick.

By: oaktown49er

oaktown49er — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 02:12:30 +0000

Sup-draft exists to allow players, who aren’t eligible to go back to school, but who missed filing for the draft, ( i.e. Getting kicked out of school in May.) to be picked by teams. Most picks will not be used, but if a teams does want to pick a player it must give up an equal pick next year. (i.e. Raiders took Terrelle Pryor in the sup. 3rd round last year, and therefore, forfeited this year’s 3rd) Hopefully that is more helpful than a thumbs down.

By: spellingcops

spellingcops — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 00:42:46 +0000

Forgive my ignorance, but why didn’t this guy come out in the regular draft? And what is the purpose of the supplemental draft?

By: ddmcd1974

ddmcd1974 — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 00:37:46 +0000

For players who might have ran afoul of the law(think terrel pryor) who were going to play college but were booted from their team or grades had them on the cusp of being in eligible.

By: phinfan

phinfan — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 00:31:55 +0000

Has there ever been any stars come out of the Sup Draft? Maybe… just maybe Josh will break that trend. But who are we fooling here the sup draft is what it is… left overs.

By: skinsfan91

skinsfan91 — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 00:30:54 +0000

sup. draft means you give up a pick in next years draft. If you give up your 3rd rd pick in the sup. draft. You don’t get that pick in the 2013 draft.

By: patbocam

patbocam — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 00:01:20 +0000

Can anyone give me a quick run down on the sup-draft? I’m not really sure why it even exists.

By: slick3

slick3 — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 00:00:10 +0000

C’mon Redskins, go for it.

By: dugganmt

dugganmt — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 23:53:03 +0000

As a redskins fan, I keep thinking this is the second coming of Devin Thomas.