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NFL informed clubs it will not hold supplemental draft in 2020

In light of the coronavirus pandemic, the National Football League will not be holding the supplemental draft in 2020.

The National Football League has now canceled a number of events on the league’s schedule due to growing concerns about the coronavirus pandemic that is sweeping the nation.

The Pro Football Hall of Fame Game and enshrinement ceremony have been postponed until next year and two out of four preseason games have been wiped from the slate.

The NFL has now opted to cancel the 2020 Supplemental Draft.

“Under the CBA, the NFL may elect to hold a supplemental draft each year,” NFL.com’s Tom Pelissero tweeted Wednesday afternoon, citing a league source. “The matter was discussed with the NFL Management Council Executive Committee, and in light of current conditions, the decision was made not to hold one.”

The supplemental draft is an opportunity for teams to bid on players who were unable to enter the regular spring draft. This, like so many other events, will now have to wait for another year.

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The NFL cancels 2020 supplemental draft

NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero is reporting that the NFL has canceled its annual supplemental draft for 2020.

NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero is reporting that the NFL has canceled its annual supplemental draft for 2020.

“Under the CBA, the NFL may elect to hold a supplemental draft each year,” Pelissero said. “The matter was discussed with the NFL Management Council Executive Committee, and in light of current conditions, the decision was made not to hold one.”

With uncertainty surrounding how sports will happen this fall, including college football, it’s believed there were concerns about an influx of players flooding the market, trying to make an early jump to the NFL.

In the past four years, only three players have been selected in supplemental drafts, defensive back Jalen Thompson was taken in the fifth round by the Arizona Cardinals last year, while 2018 saw cornerbacks Sam Beal and Adonis Alexander selected by the New York Giants (third round) and Washington (sixth round) respectively, and no players were selected in 2017 or 2016.

The Detroit Lions have only used a supplemental draft pick once in its history, back in 1982 when they selected cornerback Kevin Robinson out of North Carolina A&T in the ninth round. He never played in the NFL.

Report: NFL won’t have supplemental draft in 2020

The NFL is canceling the supplemental draft this year likely because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Kansas City Chiefs won’t have an opportunity to select players in the NFL’s supplemental draft in 2020.

The league has decided to forego the supplemental draft this season according to a new report from NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero. Under the Collective Bargaining Agreement, the supplemental draft isn’t an automatic occurrence each year. The league can elect to hold it or cancel it. According to Pelissero’s report, the NFL’s Management Council Executive Committee discussed holding a supplemental draft, but ultimately they determined it was in the league’s best interest to skip it this year.

Many believed the NFL would see an influx of players applying to enter the NFL’s supplemental draft this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The NFL quickly squashed the idea that they’d allow more entrants than usual. Now it seems their decision to forego the supplemental draft will absolve the league of any controversy surrounding who would be permitted to enter the draft.

The Chiefs have been active over the past few years when it comes to checking out supplemental draft players, but they’ve not drafted one. In fact, Kansas City has only once selected a player in the supplemental draft, which occurred in 1992. Carl Peterson took Florida Gators defensive end Darren Mickell, using a second-round draft pick. Mickell only played with the team for four seasons. He was ultimately traded away because his production didn’t match what was expected of a second-round pick.

As the reigning Super Bowl champions, the Chiefs would have had a low lottery number in the supplemental draft. That would have impacted their ability to select a player had the league decided to hold a supplemental draft. Still, it would have been nice to have the option to draft a player, especially given the news surrounding Chris Jones and a potential season-long holdout.

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News: Cowboys run NFCE, shortened preseason not set in stone

Also, the most experienced McCarthy team ever, all-time W-L records in the NFC East, and four positional battles to watch at Cowboys camp.

The NFL preseason has never had so much hype. After scrapping the annual Hall of Fame Game between the Cowboys and Steelers, the league announced it planned to call off two games from every team’s summer schedule on Wednesday. But as of Wednesday night, the player’s union had reportedly not agreed to that yet, and was even calling into question whether there should be any preseason games at all in 2020. The exhibition games no one ever cares about are suddenly the top story in the sport.

Also worth noting in Cowboys Nation are looks at the Dallas roster in terms of experience, as well as what they could steal from having watched another club’s recent successes. There’s a deep dive into sack stats and how O-line play and QB skills both factor in. We’ve got video of Cowboys rookies showing off their moves, and a preview of several compelling camp battles at certain key positions. 49ers fans are reliving the day they denied the Dallas dynasty, but Cowboys fans are tallying up the total wins to determine an all-time division leader. Here are your News and Notes for July 1.

NFLPA has not signed off on shortened preseason :: NFL.com

Just hours after word leaked that the league would drop two preseason games for each team from the preseason schedule, NFL Network’s Mike Garofalo and Tom Pelissero report that the Players Association has not come to any decision on the move. In fact, “there are some within union leadership who continue to question whether it’s a smart move to play any preseason games at all.”

Cowboys lose 2 preseason games to Covid-19, NFL alters schedule :: Cowboys Wire

Pray they don’t alter it further. The Cowboys are now down a total of three (of a scheduled five) preseason games, though one was even more meaningless than the rest.

Is This Mike McCarthy’s Most Experienced Team? :: The Mothership

When thinking of experienced teams, the default is to focus on the quarterback. Interestingly enough, scribe Rob Phillips points out that only 12 quarterbacks in the current NFL have more starting experience than Dak Prescott. Time flies.

Ultimate all-time Dallas Cowboys rosters: Bob Sturm breaks down his draft :: The Athletic

Sturm fires back at Jon Machota and drafts basically the entirety of the 90’s dynasty that won three Super Bowls in four years. It’s a sound strategy, to be honest.

Reliving the 49ers vs. Cowboys NFC Championship games from the ‘90s :: Niners Nation

The 49ers-centric SB Nation blog does a trip down memory lane with one of the greatest rivalries the sport had to offer. Unsurprisingly, they focus on the 1994 NFC Championship- where the Cowboys spotted San Francisco 21 points yet still managed to make the game close late- instead of the previous two losses. There’s no accounting for taste.

Prescott, not Cowboys’ vaunted OL, responsible for big-play development :: Cowboys Wire

Is Dak Prescott’s ability to stay alive for long-developing plays a product of the usually-stellar offensive line in front of him… or his own athletic skills at the position? Our Tony Thompson dives in to the stats.

Some teams are thinking about game-day travel in 2020 :: ProFootballTalk

This is pure speculation at this point, and for some teams it seems nearly impossible. It’s unclear how players would have to deplane after a long flight and start playing almost immediately.

Four Cowboys training camp battles to keep an eye on :: Blogging the Boys

Look for veteran Joe Thomas and promising second-year man Luke Gifford to duke it out on the linebacker depth chart. Darian Thompson and Donovan Wilson will compete in the secondary. Trysten Hill looks to prove his doubters wrong as he battles rookie Neville Gallimore along the defensive line. And Joe Looney gets competition from newbie center Tyler Biadasz.

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NFL will not hold supplemental draft in 2020

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the NFL will not be holding a supplemental draft this year

The 2020 NFL Draft went off without a hitch, despite being an entirely virtual experience due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the current public health crisis has now forced another NFL draft to be cancelled.

The league will not be holding a supplemental draft this year, per NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero:

It’s unclear how many players would have made themselves available for a supplemental draft this year, but with the pandemic potentially impacting this year’s college football season, it’s possible that some talented prospects may have considered going that route.

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Broncos GM John Elway says there may be more prospects than usual in supplemental draft

“I would think with the situation that there is a possibility that there’d be more kids in the supplemental draft [than usual],” Elway said.

With COVID-19 threatening to postpone or cancel the college football season, there has been speculation that more prospects may enter this year’s supplemental draft than usual.

Touchdown Wire put together a good primer on the supplement draft here. During his post-draft Zoom conference call with reporters on April 25, Broncos general manager John Elway indicated that this year’s supplemental draft class might be larger than usual.

“We have talked about the possibility of more kids coming back out, especially with the uncertainty of the college season and where that sits,” Elway said.

“Each week and each day we find out more and more information of where everything’s going. I would think with the situation that there is a possibility that there’d be more kids in the supplemental draft especially kids that were thinking about coming out.”

If a team uses a pick in the supplemental draft, they forfeit their selection in the next year’s draft in the corresponding round. For example, if Denver used a third-round pick in this year’s supplemental draft, they wouldn’t have a third-round pick in the 2021 NFL Draft.

The Broncos selected Alabama running back Bobby Humphrey in the first round of the 1989 supplemental draft. They haven’t made any other supplemental picks since then.

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Could the Texans be players in the 2020 NFL supplemental draft?

The NFL supplemental draft may be consequential this offseason due to the COVID-19 pandemic. If it is, would the Houston Texans be players?

The Houston Texans selected five players in the 2020 NFL Draft, their smallest class in team history. However, they may not be done picking players from the college ranks.

Barry Werner from the Touchdown Wire penned an article on how the 2020 supplemental draft could be more impactful than it has been since the late 1980s because of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the sports world. If the pandemic forces college football to cancel its games, and the decision is made in enough time for players entering their last year of eligibility to declare before the July draft, then there could be a bumper crop of college talent.

Players who decided to return to school and pass on the 2020 NFL Draft had no idea the coronavirus could impact the upcoming college football season. If it is delayed due to the impact of the pandemic, the NFL could see a large number of eligible players opt for the Supplemental Draft.

While it is the end of April, decisions are going to be made sooner than later as to how to handle college football 2020. A delay of months or until early next year would have a gigantic impact on players. The only thing certain now is how uncertain everything is.

Traditionally, players who enter the supplemental draft must file a petition, which is reviewed case-by-case. There would be a bevy of cases the NFL would have to review if players who lost their last year of eligibility due to the pandemic decided to enter the NFL.

In order to draft a supplemental player, a team bids on the prospect by submitting what pick they would be willing to give up in the next year’s April draft — this case, 2021 — to take the player.

The Texans have not made a pick in the supplemental draft since 2003 when they took running back Tony Hollings in the second round from Georgia Tech. Their first supplemental draft pick was guard Milford Brown from Florida State in 2002, a sixth-round pick.

NFL Supplemental Draft looms large due to impact of COVID-19

The Supplemental Draft in July could see a large number of players apply if the college football season is impacted by COVID-19.

The 2020 NFL Draft is over. However, another selection process could take a major turn come July due to COVID-19.

Players who decided to return to school and pass on the 2020 NFL Draft had no idea the coronavirus could impact the upcoming college football season. If it is delayed due to the impact of the pandemic, the NFL could see a large number of eligible players opt for the Supplemental Draft.

While it is the end of April, decisions are going to be made sooner than later as to how to handle college football 2020. A delay of months or until early next year would have a gigantic impact on players. The only thing certain now is how uncertain everything is.

Who would be eligible for this process? To be declared eligible for the supplemental draft, a player must file a petition, which is reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Normally, it relates to people who lose eligibility after the NFL Draft. However, any delay in the college football season due to the pandemic would have an instant impact on players who would have been eligible for the NFL.

How does it work?

Teams are divided into three groups based on their performance during the previous season. Teams that won six or fewer games form one group, non-playoff teams that won more than six games form a second, and playoff teams third.  A lottery determines the draft order within each group and teams with worse records have a greater chance of drawing a higher pick.

Unlike the regular draft, during which teams announce their picks, teams submit blind bids to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell indicating what players they are interested in drafting in the supplemental draft. In addition, a team must indicate what round in the draft it would like to select a given player. The team that submits the highest bid is awarded the rights to the player and forfeits its pick in that round in the following season’s regular draft. If two teams submit a bid for the same player in the same round, the team with the higher pick in that round, as determined by the semi-lottery system described above, is awarded the player.

There have been eight players chosen as first-rounders via the Supplemental Draft. The most recent was Duke’s Dave Brown by the Giants in 1992.

To see a complete list of players who took this route to the NFL, click here.

 

Former Seahawk Terrelle Pryor hospitalized after stabbing

NFL free agent wide receiver Terrelle Pryor was hospitalized after getting stabbed in the chest on Saturday morning in Pittsburgh.

Free agent wide receiver Terrelle Pryor, who spent time with the Seattle Seahawks back in 2014, was hospitalized and sent into emergency surgery on Saturday morning following a stabbing at his Pittsburgh apartment, according to a report from ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

Follow-up reports indicated that Pryor’s surgery was successful and his condition was upgraded to stable, with family members confirming he is expected to make a full recovery.

The Pittsburgh Police department announced later in the afternoon that Pryor was arrested and charged with simple assault, and Shalaya Briston was arrested and charged with Aggravated Assault and Criminal Attempted Homicide.

Pryor starred at Ohio State as a quarterback and ended up getting selected in the first round of the supplemental draft by the Oakland Raiders in 2011.

His career as a quarterback fizzled out however, and the Seahawks traded a seventh round pick for him in 2014. He was waived before the season began, and eventually made the transition to wide receiver where he starred for the Browns and Redskins.

He remains unsigned after hauling in 16 receptions for 252 yards and two touchdowns in 2018, split between the Bills and the Jets.

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Tanner McEvoy, Darius Hillary selected in XFL Supplemental Draft

Two former Wisconsin Badgers, Tanner McEvoy and Darius Hillary, were selected in the XFL supplemental draft on Friday.

Two former Wisconsin Badgers have been added to XFL rosters after safety Darius Hillary and wide receiver Tanner McEvoy were selected in the league’s supplemental draft on Friday.

McEvoy was selected by the Tampa Bay Vipers and Hillary went to the St. Louis Battlehawks.

McEvoy and Hillary join two other Badgers – Olive Sagapolu and Garret Dooley – on XFL rosters as the league looks to reboot in 2020, just after the conclusion of the NFL season.

McEvoy was perhaps the most interesting recent player in Badgers history, having played quarterback and safety while at Wisconsin. He completed 65 passes for 709 yards and five touchdowns in 2014, while also racking up 45 career tackles and seven interceptions as a defensive back.

He entered the NFL as a receiver however, and spent two seasons with the Seahawks and one with the Dolphins before finding his way to the XFL.

Hillary spent four years with the Badgers from 2012-2015, racking up 138 combined tackles with 18 passes defended and one interception. He went undrafted and bounced around multiple practice squads, appearing in one NFL game with the Browns in 2017.

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