Draft Day On The Horizon

With less than a week away teams are finalizing their draft selections as well as manipulating their draft strategy.

Each team has a different way of tackling their personnel needs, but none are as efficient as draft day. The Indianapolis Colts are a perfect example of building a team around the draft.

The 2007 Super Bowl champions pay a majority of their players a minimal amount and sign their stars to large, long-term contracts such as Manning and Harrison.

The Colts also have exercised the ability to let players go when they are past their prime.

Three years ago they released All-Pro running back Edgerrin James. After an off-season of evaluating talent, they took a chance on a back out of LSU Joseph Addai.

Addai is now one of NFL’s elite backs who has an itch for the end zone.

“Draft day is where good teams make a run at the championship, says Mark Anderson football reporter for the Las Vegas Review Journal said in an interview.”

The defending world champion New York Giants utilized all of their draft picks in their magical season.

The draft single handedly propeled the Giants from being a playoff contender to winning the super bowl championship.

Each round is important because players that make an immediate impact can also be found in the later rounds.

“Marques Colston was a seventh round draft pick out of Hofstra and had a fine rookie season, says Anderson.”

The NFLs most valuable player for last season was also a late round pick out of Michigan.

“Tom Brady could go down as the best quarterback of all time, says Mike Abbate who is a diehard NFL fan.”

The most important characteristic of a player is deciding how far they will push themself to make an impact in the league.

“The NFL draft is like Christmas day for the fans because its like getting a new toy to play with, says Garrett Simpson local television personality says.”

Getting one of your favorite college athletes of the year on your team is what the ceremony is about.

Several acquisitions are made the day of the draft because teams trade players, picks, and location in the draft to benefit their team.

“The draft is also a glimpse into the future of what your favorite team is going to be like, says Abbate.”

Whatever your reason is for tuning into the draft it is sure to be packed with excitement.

This Saturday Roger Goodell the league’s commissioner will finally announce who is going where. Until then all we can do is wait.