The NFL Draft

by Phintastic on Jun 16, 2009 3:00 PM EDT

Since things are a little slow with news (unless we get more intelligent info from Rex), I figured I would go back into the early days and discuss the changes in the draft from 1966 - 1993. In the early days of the NFL, when there were fewer teams, the draft had 17 rounds(1966-1976). From 1977 - 1993 the NFL draft had 12 rounds of player selection. In 1993, the NFL decided to reduce the number of rounds to 8 then the following year reduce it to 7 rounds. In Miami's history we have had some great players selected in the later rounds of the draft. See List below. I couldnt imagine not having Mark Clayton teamed up with Mark " Super" Duper, but if there was only 7 rounds in 1983 then he might not have been on the team.

via www.prosportsmemorabilia.com

Would you like the NFL to go back to 1993 when they had 12 rounds or even 1976 with 17 rounds? Poll below

Some players that may have never been on the Dolphins if we had 7 rounds back prior to 1993.

Year	Rd	Player Name	Pos	College

1966	12	Howard Twilley	WR	Tulsa
1969	16	Lloyd Mumphord	CB	Texas Southern
1970	12	Mike Kolen (289)	LB	Auburn
1971	9	Vern Den Herder (230)	DE	Central Iowa
1978	9	Bruce Hardy (247)	TE	Arizona St.
1978	10	Mark Dennard (274)	C	Texas A&M
1979	8b	Glenn Blackwood (215)	S	Texas
1979	10b	Mike Kozlowski (272)	S	Colorado
1980	8b	David Woodley (214)	QB	Louisiana St.
1981	8	William Judson (206)	CB	S. Carolina St.
1981	11	Jim Jensen (291)	QB	Boston Univ.
1983	8	Mark Clayton (223)	WR	Louisville
1983	9	Mark Brown (250)	LB	Purdue
1984	11	Bud Brown (305)	S	Southern Miss.
1988	8a	Harry Galbreath (212)	G	Tennessee
1988	9	Jeff Cross (239)	DE	Missouri
1988	12	Brian Kinchen (320)	TE	Louisiana St.
1989	8	Pete Stoyanovich (203)	K	Indiana
1989	11	Bert Weidner (288)	DT	Kent State
1989	12	*J.B. Brown (315)*	CB	*Maryland*

Poll

Would you like to see more than 7 rounds in the NFL draft?

yes, 12 rounds would be nice

4 votes

yes, 17 rounds like the old days (60s & 70s)

2 votes

No, 7 rounds is perfect, i like getting UDFA, allows teams to go out do good research and find those hidden gems

32 votes

other options would be nice, ~10 rounds

9 votes

47 votes | Poll has closed

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there were also a ton of less teams then 32 back then.

it wouldn’t work now with so many college players. That would mean we would have to cut 50-70% of our rookies before every season. I love the draft but it drags on after Round 3, imagine waiting around for round 14.

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by BSerious72 on Jun 16, 2009 3:58 PM EDT reply actions

With the 17-18 game schedule imminent...

I think we will see an expansion of rosters and possibly an expansion of the draft.

More games more injuries, more free-agents, and ironically a greater “cost” to NFL teams. Sure the revenue will increase, but so will the cap numbers to include all the injury settlements and “doomsday” free agents who are likely higher profile vets that carry a big price tag.

Considering the success of the draft, even Day 2, and the huge amount of collegiate free agents signed post draft- Why not go back to 10 rounds?

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by NJDolphan68 on Jun 16, 2009 4:10 PM EDT reply actions

Very interesting points.. !!

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by Alpha6 on Jun 16, 2009 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions

i tell u what i like to see more roster spot's

uno maybe with all these owner’s meeting i beleave a vote should be brought up with the exstended season & all. let’s add a roster spot or two,imean like it’s gona really help the team’s!!!!

by wild zion beaver on Jun 16, 2009 5:16 PM EDT reply actions

If they extend the season they probably will expand the roster by a couple

good point Zion

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by uncle finster on Jun 16, 2009 5:48 PM EDT up reply actions

Keep it the same

because drafting is an art form and even good drafting teams can miss sometimes (Shula did some super drafts like 1976 and some in the 80s, esp. 83, but had some terrible ones as well, like 72 and 73…and the one good player drafted, theiessman, went to the CFL, and Mike Kadish went to the pro-bowl with the Bills I think, other than that, no one. and didn’t Geroge Wilson do that awesome 70 draft?)

Now supposing there were 12 rounds in 2008. do you really think the fins would have been able to get Davone Bess and Dan Carpenter if there were 12 rounds? I highly doubt it.

by snorky on Jun 17, 2009 2:52 PM EDT reply actions