gizmo6824 Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 I have a question? Its my understanding that they reorganized the times of each round, and how many rounds on each day. Was that for only last year? or from then on?. I keeep seeing people talking about picking 3rd rounders on day 1. Am i just confused or did everyone forget about that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDD Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 The NFL Draft 2008 had the first round picks reduced from 15 to 10 minutes. This was done to make it more attractive to a television audience. It was a big success and I thought it was great. I'm not sure about the 2nd round...I want to say 10 minutes too. The 3rd round and beyond were 5 minutes. 3rd round picks did occur on day 1. I remember the Bills passed on PennState MLB Dan Connor for Chris Ellis on day one which pissed me off. I can't see the NFL changing the format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebandit27 Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 The NFL Draft 2008 had the first round picks reduced from 15 to 10 minutes. This was done to make it more attractive to a television audience. It was a big success and I thought it was great. I'm not sure about the 2nd round...I want to say 10 minutes too. The 3rd round and beyond were 5 minutes. 3rd round picks did occur on day 1. I remember the Bills passed on PennState MLB Dan Connor for Chris Ellis on day one which pissed me off. I can't see the NFL changing the format. Second round picks get 7 minutes as of 08, and the third round is indeed on day 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizmo6824 Posted January 15, 2009 Author Share Posted January 15, 2009 Second round picks get 7 minutes as of 08, and the third round is indeed on day 2. See now thats what i remember from last year.....1st round 10 mins. 2nd rnd. 7 mins. and 3rd and beyond was 5. but they only did 1st and second rounds on day one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dibs Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 .....I remember the Bills passed on PennState MLB Dan Connor for Chris Ellis on day one which pissed me off. Hasn't made any difference thus far in their careers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamrock Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 The NFL Draft 2008 had the first round picks reduced from 15 to 10 minutes. This was done to make it more attractive to a television audience. It was a big success and I thought it was great. I'm not sure about the 2nd round...I want to say 10 minutes too. The 3rd round and beyond were 5 minutes. 3rd round picks did occur on day 1. I remember the Bills passed on PennState MLB Dan Connor for Chris Ellis on day one which pissed me off. I can't see the NFL changing the format. Isn't he Poz's mate, broke Poz's records? Ellis managed 12 games, Connor unfortunately didn't make it far from the blocks. Both IR'ed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt in KC Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 LA Times article: http://articles.latimes.com/2008/apr/25/sports/sp-sound25 The NFL, in an effort to streamline and speed up the draft, reduced the time limit between picks from 15 to 10 minutes for the first round, and from 10 to seven minutes for the second. “While that’s exciting for fans at home,” says ESPN producer Jay Rothman, “it’s going to be a challenge for television.” The first and second rounds will start at the new time of noon on Saturday. The third round has been moved to Sunday and will begin at 7 a.m. I swear I remember the first ...10(?) picks getting more time than he rest of round 1, but don't see anything like that mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramius Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 1st and 2nd rounds were on day 1, at 10 and 7 minutes respectively. The rest on day 2. Most people still refer to 3rd rounders as "day 1" picks because it was like that for so long and you can still expect a 3rd rounder to contribute. So "day 1 picks" are your top premium picks and day 2 are the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billieve420 Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 I wish they went back to the old format. There wasn't enough time to hear the analysts talk about the draft pick before the next one was announced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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