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supplemental draft

grabbed this from a minnesota blog, was wondering if anyone had any thoughts about the guys who are now eligible, and if they are worth looking at. however, on another note, with only 5 players available, does that make all of the picks a "first round value" and in reality are these guys going to simply become undrafted free agents who have missed ota's? never really looked into this stuff before so go ahead and call me green.

A that picks a player in the supplemental draft must forfeit a corresponding pick in the following year’s regular draft. So, for example, if the Vikings take a player in the third round of the supplemental draft, they could not use their third round pick in the following year’s April draft. Conversely, if the Vikings had traded away their 2006 third round pick, they could not pick in the third round of this year’s supplemental draft.

Obviously, teams will be reluctant to risk high-round picks on supplemental draft players. Due the nature of the supplemental draft, there are obviously not nearly as many players available as in the regular draft (this year there are only five). These two factors cause many teams to pass on the supplemental draft.

here are the guys espn is talking about who have declared.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4319729


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