25 days till draft

[burmafrd]

One thing that needs to change is that. Make it earlier. no reason to wait until late April. Do it the beginning of April. That still gives the schools plenty of time to do their pro days after the combine.

 

[MarionBarberThe4th]

You still want to give guys time to get everything situated w/ their pro days and what-not. Also, if the pro days are stacked on top of each other coaches and scouts would have to pick and choose more.

The last week is filled w/ smokescreens and time wasting . Id bump it up 1 week.

 

[burmafrd]

They got the staff to handle the ones they need to see. No reason for the pro days to last as long as it does. Your scouts are the ones that find the guys; pro days are for the ones that you are really interested.

 

[AsthmaField]

One thing that needs to change is that. Make it earlier. no reason to wait until late April. Do it the beginning of April. That still gives the schools plenty of time to do their pro days after the combine.

I agree 100%. It takes too long and there's just no reason for it to be all the way at the end of April.

 

[Picksix]

Well, I think some of it has to do what else is going on. For one, the NFL isn't going to have a major event the same weekend as the Final Four, and they're not going to go against the Masters. For another, and I think this may be more important, is that most schools don't end classes until the end of April. With teams wanting to hold minicamps right after the draft, players don't - or can't - come until their classes are done. It seems like there are a handfull of players that fall into that category every year, and I would think the teams want to minimize that.

Plus, I think teams want to get to it, but they also want as much time as they can to evaluate and reevaluate all these guys that are in the draft. To me, it's like taking a board exam. You want as much time as you can to prepare for it.

That said, I wish they'd move it up, too. I hate waiting till the end of April.

 

[burmafrd]

I can see not wanting to go up against the Final Four, but the Masters? The NFL does not attract the same audience. There is no reason they have to have minicamps right after the draft. That should not happen till the end of May. No reason to have them sooner.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Let me get this straight, you want to lengthen the time between the draft and the start of training camp?