The men, speaking on condition of anonymity because team draft strategy is confidential, said the decision was not just because of a disappointing combine performance or the linebacker's poor performance in the national title game.
In his introductory news conference last week, Idzik said he wanted to maintain a "constant influx of competition" among players and that the draft would be the team's "lifeline" to doing so.
College basketball has grown younger as more star players leave after one season, the NBA-mandated minimum to enter the draft, but no team since the Fab Five has reached the NCAA final with an all-freshmen starting five.
The review team's draft report, written before the inspectors' visit, has now been published.
The Redskins are advancing four places from sixth in the April draft, leapfrogging any other team that would have an interest in Mr. Griffiin, the Baylor quarterback.
We are attempting to assuage any last minute concerns a team may have about a player, the team wants to draft a player who is happy to be coming.
The Fighting Irish stayed atop the rankings ahead of both the mighty Spartans (who had four of the top eight picks in the next NFL draft) and a Tide team that posted a perfect record in the quest for an unprecedented third straight championship (to this day, no team has finished No. 1 in The Associated Press rankings three years in a row).
The penalties for a Circumvention under Article 26 range from team fines to player fines to forfeited draft picks and games to the voiding of SPCs and even suspension of a team employee, player or player agent.
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The Bills, however, have insured themselves the right to match any offers or receive two first-round draft picks as compensation from any team that signs Byrd.
The original Raven -- as the team's first draft pick after it relocated from Cleveland to Baltimore -- literally stands above everyone else in the Class of 2013, by virtue of his height and 345-pound frame.
The 6'2, 227-pound quarterback was thrilled to be picked by the Jets after he fell in love with New York when he visited the team prior to the draft and believes he is ready to represent a franchise with notoriously impatient fans.
Reese said receiver Victor Cruz's contract talks with the team will not affect the draft.
The Cardinals have also made upgrading the offensive line their number one priority in both free agency and the draft, where most experts expect the team will take an offensive lineman with its first round pick.
The idea is to help the team get first dibs in the draft and pick up a promising player.
Selected in the second round of the 1979 draft by the Sabres, Ruff made the team later that year.
The manageable cap hit frees up a lot of space for the team to work with when signing draft picks and free agents.
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The team's first-round draft pick last year out of North Carolina confirmed the position switch Thursday during the Jets' first open locker room media session since last season.
He was originally selected by San Jose in the sixth round of the 2001 draft and leaves the Sharks ninth on the team's career points list with 271.
Allen and Kevin Pritchard, the general manager since the 2006--07 season, have focused on building a team of young players through the draft, a strategy befitting a small market.
He acknowledged the depth of this year's draft class made it advantageous for any NFL team to acquire as many picks as possible, but he said he felt no extra pressure, as a first-time GM, to make the right call on Revis or any other possible move.
As much of an event as the draft has become, football is still the quintessential team sport.
His heart history was a topic that almost every team spoke to him about before the draft.
And even after losing some pretty big names in the draft last year, he and his terrific coaching team made sure that they did not lose a step.
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The result of this system is that getting the first pick in the draft has become the indisputably best way to build a team.
Then Shaq left for Los Angeles and the team fell far enough to get the number one draft pick in 2004.
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Davis, a 6-foot-10 power forward who led Kentucky to a NCAA national championship this year, is believed to be the top prospect for any team who wins the first pick in the NBA draft.
Though Revis was a three-time first-team All-Pro selection during his six seasons with the Jets and is regarded as the league's top cornerback, the Jets went 6-10 last season and missed the playoffs for the second consecutive year, and Idzik has sought to stockpile draft picks and create salary-cap space to replenish the team's talent base.
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