DRAFT.. supplemental - July 11

[jtomm]

Grant Gordon - Jun 16, 2023

The NFL has informed clubs that the supplemental draft will return and take place on July 11, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported Friday.This will be the first year a supplemental draft has taken place since 2019.One prospect, Purdue wide receiver Milton Wright, has been confirmed to teams as eligible as of now.

The original supplemental draft, held in 1977, was created to serve prospects who were not eligible for the annual spring draft for various reasons.The last player picked in a supplemental draft was safety Jalen Thompson, who was selected with a fifth-round pick by the Arizona Cardinals. He was the only selection that year. Thompson has been a starter for the Cardinals since his rookie year, recording 110 tackles last season.

 >>  https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-will-hold-supplemental-draft-for-first-time-since-2019

[jtomm]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/milton-wright-purdue-wr-highlights/vi-AA1cEKAh

[IndianaJet]

[jtomm]

---  The supplemental draft was designed to accommodate players in unique situations, like being declared ineligible for the upcoming college football season after the regular draft has already taken place. Rather than staying in limbo for a year, a player in those circumstances could formally petition the league to be included in the supplemental draft.That’s what happened to Purdue wide receiver Milton Wright. He recorded 57 receptions for 732 yards and seven touchdowns in 2021 and would have been the Boilermakers’ top returning receiver in 2022, but he was declared academically ineligible last May and subsequently left the school’s program.

Over three seasons in West Lafayette, he caught 99 balls for 1,325 yards and 10 total touchdowns over 27 games.A native of Louisville, Wright stands 6-foot-3 and weighs 195 pounds. He’s listed as having a a 4.5 40 time and was thought to perhaps eventually be a Day Two pick had he remained eligible.As of Friday afternoon, Wright is the only player to have been approved by the league for the supplemental draft, but there could be others before July 11.

For the draft itself, the league’s teams are divided into three groups based on how they finished in the previous season: non-playoff teams with six or fewer wins, non-playoff teams with more than six wins, and playoff teams. Within each group, a draft order is decided by a weighted lottery that gives teams with fewer wins a higher pick.Teams then blindly submit bids for eligible players, stating the round that team would assign the given player. The team highest in the order who submits the earliest-round bid gets him, and the club then forfeits their pick in that same round in the next regular draft.

rest of above article   >>  https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/2023/06/16/supplemental-draft-milton-wright/

[Maxman]

You have to go and get Milton. Do it tanny, I mean do it macc.

Also, who is Milton?

[Lith]

18 minutes ago, Maxman said:

Also, who is Milton?

[David Harris]

Rob Moore 1st round 

Precluded us from taking the #1 player on our board, Brett Favre

[jtomm]

---  In 27 games, the 6’3” receiver had 99 receptions including 57 in 2021. The bigger receiver added seven touchdowns in the last season he was eligible to play.It will be interesting if teams get any kind of testing numbers on supplemental players. Wright’s highlights show him using his size, good hands and yards after reception skills to make his impact:

 > >    NFL Supplemental Draft: WR Milton Wright, an interesting WR prospect, already approved - Dawgs By Nature

Generally, players in the NFL Supplemental Draft get more hype than their talent deserves. At this point in time in the offseason,there is not a lot else to focus on and a limited number of players are eligible to be selected.Wright could be the exception. With a month before a selection can take place, we will likely get more information on Wright, as well as any other player that might be deemed eligible.

>> click the above Link for the rest of the above article & the video 

[whodeawhodat]

kelly, us jets fans refer to this as the "mini-draft"

[jtomm]

17 hours ago, David Harris said:

Rob Moore 1st round 

Precluded us from taking the #1 player on our board, Brett Favre

we missed out on..

...and took - 

[Joe Willie White Shoes]

17 hours ago, David Harris said:

Rob Moore 1st round 

Precluded us from taking the #1 player on our board, Brett Favre

How exactly?  Moore cost the Jets a 1st round pick in 1991. I think the Jets would have had the 7th pick.  Favre and Nagle went in the early 2nd round.  

[Bleedin Green]

22 hours ago, jtomm said:

---  The supplemental draft was designed to accommodate players in unique situations, like being declared ineligible for the upcoming college football season after the regular draft has already taken place. Rather than staying in limbo for a year, a player in those circumstances could formally petition the league to be included in the supplemental draft.That’s what happened to Purdue wide receiver Milton Wright. He recorded 57 receptions for 732 yards and seven touchdowns in 2021 and would have been the Boilermakers’ top returning receiver in 2022, but he was declared academically ineligible last May and subsequently left the school’s program.

Over three seasons in West Lafayette, he caught 99 balls for 1,325 yards and 10 total touchdowns over 27 games.A native of Louisville, Wright stands 6-foot-3 and weighs 195 pounds. He’s listed as having a a 4.5 40 time and was thought to perhaps eventually be a Day Two pick had he remained eligible.As of Friday afternoon, Wright is the only player to have been approved by the league for the supplemental draft, but there could be others before July 11.

For the draft itself, the league’s teams are divided into three groups based on how they finished in the previous season: non-playoff teams with six or fewer wins, non-playoff teams with more than six wins, and playoff teams. Within each group, a draft order is decided by a weighted lottery that gives teams with fewer wins a higher pick.Teams then blindly submit bids for eligible players, stating the round that team would assign the given player. The team highest in the order who submits the earliest-round bid gets him, and the club then forfeits their pick in that same round in the next regular draft.

rest of above article   >>  https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/2023/06/16/supplemental-draft-milton-wright/

I'm sure it's just draft details I'm not aware of, but if he was ruled ineligible May 2022, he would have normally been eligible to last year's supplemental draft if there was one, right?  I get that didn't happen, so why wasn't he just able to declare for this past April's draft instead?  Seems odd, considering the whole point of supplemental is to avoid sitting around for a year waiting for the next draft.  Unless he was originally going to try to get back onto the field in college this upcoming season, but for whatever reason that changed.

[Fantasy Island]

Any QB’s available not from BYU or USC?

[Lupz27]

23 hours ago, IndianaJet said:

The one girl in that picture doesn’t fit the narrative of that sign.

[Jetsfan80]

8 minutes ago, Lupz27 said:

The one girl in that picture doesn’t fit the narrative of that sign.

It’s Indiana. When it comes to ugliness it’s all relative.  

[David Harris]

5 hours ago, Joe Willie White Shoes said:

How exactly?  Moore cost the Jets a 1st round pick in 1991. I think the Jets would have had the 7th pick.  Favre and Nagle went in the early 2nd round.  

Jets took Rob Moore in 1990 supplemental draft with a first round pick designation, forfeiting the 1991 first round pick.

 

COMMENTARY: Just think, Favre could have been a Jet

LITTLE ROCK

— Brett Favre could have - maybe even should have - been a Jet.

The New York Jets had a deal with the Phoenix Cardinals to move uptwo slots ahead of Atlanta in the 1991 draft so General Manager Dick Steinberg could pick their quarterback for the future.

"We were going to pick Brett Favre," Ron Wolf said.

Wolf, now retired, is well known as the Packers general manager who acquired Favre and built a Super Bowl champion, but before he worked in Green Bay, Wis., he was an assistant in the Jets' front office. He pushed hard to draft Favre in 1991.

"When it came time for the Cardinals' pick, they told us the guy theywanted was on the board, so they didn't do the deal," Wolf said. "They picked their guy [defensive end Mike Jones], the Falcons picked Brett Favre, and that was it."

The Jets, understandably angry and frustrated, had to move on. So they looked down their chart of quarterbacks and took the next one. It was Browning Nagle. Everyone knows how that worked out.

This story is nothing new, especially for Jets fans. Wolf said he bumps into Jets fans from time to time who mention this to him. But seeing Favre all these years later, still among the best quarterbacks in the league and one victory away from another trip to Super Bowl, must just eat away at Jets fans.

"That really is rare for something like that to occur," Wolf said. "When you think you have a deal done, you kind of stop trying to do something, stop trying to make moves. Dickthought he had a deal done, and in the end, it just didn't work out."

The Falcons selected Favre with the sixth pick in the second round, which was 33rd overall. Wolf said the Jets rated Favre as the best player available in the draft. They didn't have a first-round pick because they took receiver Rob Moore in the supplemental draft the year before, or else they would have taken Favre there.

"It was not a debate," Wolf said. "I thought he was the best player in the draft that year, 1991, and he's proven that. He's even better than the best pick. He's a rare pick. To me, that was the easy part."

Of course, it hurts Jets fans even more when only a year later the Falcons soured on Favre, and Wolf managed to finally land the quarterback he wanted - only with the Packers, not the Jets. The Packers hired Wolf as general manager late in the 1991 season, and he said he realized hisfirst day on the job he could get Favre.

That off-season he sent a firstround pick to Atlanta for Favre. He has started 253 consecutive regularseason games since his first Packers start in 1992.

The Jets, meanwhile, have started Nagle, Boomer Esiason, Frank Reich, Ray Lucas, Rick Mirer, Chad Pennington, Vinny Testaverde, Neil O'Donnell, Quincy Carter, Bubby Brister, Glenn Foley, Brooks Bollinger, Kellen Clemens, Ken O'Brien and Jack Trudeau.

"To me he's one of the greatest players to ever play in the National Football League," Wolf said. "To have this opportunity in a time of his career when people have said he should hang them up, it's a great, great credit to him and his determination and his ability.

"I think people tend to underestimate just how good he is, and I'm sure he's just fine with that."

[Joe Willie White Shoes]

2 hours ago, David Harris said:

Jets took Rob Moore in 1990 supplemental draft with a first round pick designation, forfeiting the 1991 first round pick.

 

COMMENTARY: Just think, Favre could have been a Jet

LITTLE ROCK

— Brett Favre could have - maybe even should have - been a Jet.

The New York Jets had a deal with the Phoenix Cardinals to move uptwo slots ahead of Atlanta in the 1991 draft so General Manager Dick Steinberg could pick their quarterback for the future.

"We were going to pick Brett Favre," Ron Wolf said.

Wolf, now retired, is well known as the Packers general manager who acquired Favre and built a Super Bowl champion, but before he worked in Green Bay, Wis., he was an assistant in the Jets' front office. He pushed hard to draft Favre in 1991.

"When it came time for the Cardinals' pick, they told us the guy theywanted was on the board, so they didn't do the deal," Wolf said. "They picked their guy [defensive end Mike Jones], the Falcons picked Brett Favre, and that was it."

The Jets, understandably angry and frustrated, had to move on. So they looked down their chart of quarterbacks and took the next one. It was Browning Nagle. Everyone knows how that worked out.

This story is nothing new, especially for Jets fans. Wolf said he bumps into Jets fans from time to time who mention this to him. But seeing Favre all these years later, still among the best quarterbacks in the league and one victory away from another trip to Super Bowl, must just eat away at Jets fans.

"That really is rare for something like that to occur," Wolf said. "When you think you have a deal done, you kind of stop trying to do something, stop trying to make moves. Dickthought he had a deal done, and in the end, it just didn't work out."

The Falcons selected Favre with the sixth pick in the second round, which was 33rd overall. Wolf said the Jets rated Favre as the best player available in the draft. They didn't have a first-round pick because they took receiver Rob Moore in the supplemental draft the year before, or else they would have taken Favre there.

"It was not a debate," Wolf said. "I thought he was the best player in the draft that year, 1991, and he's proven that. He's even better than the best pick. He's a rare pick. To me, that was the easy part."

Of course, it hurts Jets fans even more when only a year later the Falcons soured on Favre, and Wolf managed to finally land the quarterback he wanted - only with the Packers, not the Jets. The Packers hired Wolf as general manager late in the 1991 season, and he said he realized hisfirst day on the job he could get Favre.

That off-season he sent a firstround pick to Atlanta for Favre. He has started 253 consecutive regularseason games since his first Packers start in 1992.

The Jets, meanwhile, have started Nagle, Boomer Esiason, Frank Reich, Ray Lucas, Rick Mirer, Chad Pennington, Vinny Testaverde, Neil O'Donnell, Quincy Carter, Bubby Brister, Glenn Foley, Brooks Bollinger, Kellen Clemens, Ken O'Brien and Jack Trudeau.

"To me he's one of the greatest players to ever play in the National Football League," Wolf said. "To have this opportunity in a time of his career when people have said he should hang them up, it's a great, great credit to him and his determination and his ability.

"I think people tend to underestimate just how good he is, and I'm sure he's just fine with that."

My points were that the Jets forfeited their 91 first round pick by taking Moore in the supplemental draft. Were the Jets really going to take Favre a round earlier than the rest of the NFL? I find that hard to believe.

[Alex G]

Before someone comes in and complains about this being another “bash Zach thread,” the question must be asked:

Will Zach be exposed in this draft?

[David Harris]

2 hours ago, Joe Willie White Shoes said:

My points were that the Jets forfeited their 91 first round pick by taking Moore in the supplemental draft. Were the Jets really going to take Favre a round earlier than the rest of the NFL? I find that hard to believe.

#1 player in the draft for them, so I assume yes

[jtomm]

---Wide receiver

Returnees: Garrett Wilson, Corey Davis, Denzel Mims, Irvin Charles, Malik Taylor, Diontae Spencer

Losses: Elijah Moore, Braxton Berrios, Jeff Smith

Additions: Allen Lazard, Randall Cobb, Mecole Hardman Jr., Jason Brownlee (R), Xavier Gipson (R), Jerome Kapp (R), T.J. Luther (R)

Better, worse or the same: Better

They're bigger, more explosive and more experienced than last season. Basically, the Jets added a starter on the outside in Lazard and swapped out slot receivers Moore and Berrios for Cobb and Hardman. With Wilson, Lazard and Davis on the outside, and Cobb or Hardman inside, they have the makings of a very good receiving corps. One stat to watch is yards after the catch. When Hackett was the Packers' coordinator from 2019 to 2021, they ranked second in YAC per reception (6.0).

Of course, the star is Wilson, the 2022 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year. He already has impressed Rodgers, who said: "I love Garrett. [He's an] awesome, awesome young kid. The whole world [is] in front of him. He’s got all the talent and ability."

Neither Cobb nor Hardman practiced in the spring as they recovered from injuries, so their health bears watching. Other questions: What kind of role will Davis have? Is there room for Mims?

rest of above article  >> https://www.espn.com/blog/new-york-jets/post/_/id/92072/jets-offense-is-better-at-qb-see-aaron-rodgers-but-what-about-the-other-positions

[jtomm]

NFL Supplemental Draft officially set for July 11, with two players eligible

Michael David Smith - July 6, 2023 

Two players will be available when the 2023 NFL Supplemental Draft takes place on Tuesday, July 11.Jackson State wide receiver Malachi Wideman and Purdue wide receiver Milton Wright have officially been granted eligibility and will be the only two players that teams can consider, according to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network.

Wideman is 6-foot-5, 190 pounds was a two-sport star in football and basketball in high school and chose to pursue football, picking Tennessee among the many schools offering him scholarships. But after a disappointing career at Tennessee, he transferred to Jackson State. Wideman played very well in his first season at Jackson State, tying for the SWAC lead in touchdown catches with 12 in 2021, but he played only sparingly in 2022, catching just three passes.

The 6-foot-3, 195-pound Wright caught 57 passes for 732 yards and seven touchdowns in 2021 but missed the entire 2022 season after he was ruled academically ineligible.If a team uses a supplemental draft pick on Wideman or Wright, that team gives up its corresponding pick in the regular 2024 draft. So if a team were to pick a player with a sixth-round supplemental pick, that team would lose its sixth-round pick in 2024.

This will be the NFL’s first supplemental draft since 2019. That year, the Cardinals used a fifth-round pick on safety Jalen Thompson, who has developed into a solid starter for them.

 >>  https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/nfl-supplemental-draft-officially-set-for-july-11-with-two-players-eligible

[Warfish]

On 6/17/2023 at 5:52 PM, Maxman said:

You have to go and get Milton. Do it tanny, I mean do it macc.

Also, who is Milton?

Or, alternatively...

Unless you're an economics nerd, then it's....

[#27TheDominator]

On 6/18/2023 at 7:48 PM, Joe Willie White Shoes said:

My points were that the Jets forfeited their 91 first round pick by taking Moore in the supplemental draft. Were the Jets really going to take Favre a round earlier than the rest of the NFL? I find that hard to believe.

Because Ron Wolf loved him.  If he was #1 on their board, they certainly should have drafted him and it is pretty obvious they would have taken him in the 1st.  Favre spent a year in Atlanta, drank and sucked.  He went #33 overall, then was 0-4 with 2 INT in Atlanta.  As soon as Wolf got to Green Bay, based on that stellar resume, Wolf traded #17 overall to the Falcons for him. More than losing the first, more than having the Cards pull out on the deal, letting Wolf run off to Green Bay is what cost us Favre.  The prick repays us by dropping Maccagnan in our lap.  ****er. 

[jtomm]

No players selected in 2023 NFL supplemental draft

Jul 11, 2023 at 01:09 PM - Eric Edholm

 

The NFL's supplemental draft returned on Tuesday for the first time since 2019, but no players were selected this year, per NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero.

Two prospects -- former Jackson State wide receiver Malachi Wideman and former Purdue wide receiver Milton Wright -- were available to be picked. Any team that had selected a player in the supplemental draft would have to give up the corresponding pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. Both Wideman and Wright are now considered free agents and can sign with any club.

Wright, who will turn 23 on Sept. 28, reportedly was ruled academically ineligible for the 2022 season. He caught 99 passes for 1,325 yards (13.4-yard average) and 10 touchdowns in 29 career games, with three of those touchdowns coming in an eight-catch, 213-yard performance in 2021 against Northwestern. Wideman was a standout for the Tigers in 2021, catching 34 passes for 540 yards and 12 TDs. But he played in just six games in 2022 (three catches, 49 yards, TD). Wideman began his college career at Tennessee in 2020, catching one pass for 24 yards in six appearances, before transferring to Jackson State.

The last time an NFL team used a selection in the supplemental draft was back in 2019, when the Arizona Cardinals spent a fifth-round selection to take safety Jalen Thompson, who has become a starter for the club.The NFL first held the supplemental draft in 1977. The event provides an opportunity for draft-eligible prospects who did not enter the annual spring draft. Pro Football Hall of Famer Cris Carter and Pro Bowler Josh Gordon are among the notable players who have been selected in the supplemental draft. Prospects who intend to enter the supplemental draft must be approved by the league for eligibility.

 >>  https://www.nfl.com/news/no-players-selected-in-2023-nfl-supplemental-draft