All I can say is, from our end, I never talked to Carl about it until after Lawyer was released. |
and we're not interested in making a trade. |
April Fool's Day is nine days late, It's normal to contact teams before the draft. Everybody in the league does it at this time. Teams are giving out false smoke signals all the time. |
Especially from the physicals and the interviews. I think those things are (among) the most important parts of the combine. |
I think this was a good step for him. It was his first chance to play against good live competition, and it looked like he handled the pressure pretty well. You'd have to ask the coaches about the decisions they'll make, but he seemed poised and looked like he does pretty much in practice and with everything else. You're happy to see you got a guy who is pretty much what you expected. |
If there is a Collective Bargaining Agreement, we can answer a lot of our questions in free agency. If there's not a Collective Bargaining Agreement, which we should know hopefully in the next few days, then we'll be doing most of our [player acquisitions] in the draft. |
We have a list of questions that we'll ask every individual kid. We also have our position coaches sit down and talk with guys so they can get position-specific. |
When you are picking at 53, it is hard because there are 52 picks in front of you and a lot of teams are picking twice. You will have a better feel what is going to be at 53 once you get through the first round because we put down everyone's needs so once they draft in the first round you can focus in on what is going to happen in the second. |
You have to investigate further. Is it a habit or a one-time thing? That would throw up a red flag to me. |