Summary of Mike Florio's Playmakers

Everest Media

Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 The process of selecting incoming players by NFL teams is a crapshoot. The best proof of that is the fact that the greatest quarterback of all time, and arguably the greatest player at any position of all time, fell all the way to round six in 2000.
#2 Every team, including the Patriots, has overlooked the fact that the player who would go on to become the greatest quarterback in history was sitting right in front of them, waiting to be picked.
#3 I don’t like the draft. It’s anti-American, and it forces men not long removed from being boys to move to places they wouldn't otherwise choose to live.
#4 The draft is becoming more and more popular, and with only one player or so becoming the aberration, the average football fan will never take a step back and realize that the entire system contradicts the basic principles on which America was founded.

Sujets

• Sport
• Sports collectifs
• Rugby & Football américain
• Football
• Rugby

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 01 avril 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669375210
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

Insights on Mike Florio's Playmakers
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3 Insights from Chapter 4 Insights from Chapter 5 Insights from Chapter 6 Insights from Chapter 7 Insights from Chapter 8 Insights from Chapter 9 Insights from Chapter 10
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The process of selecting incoming players by NFL teams is a crapshoot. The best proof of that is the fact that the greatest quarterback of all time, and arguably the greatest player at any position of all time, fell all the way to round six in 2000.

#2

Every team, including the Patriots, has overlooked the fact that the player who would go on to become the greatest quarterback in history was sitting right in front of them, waiting to be picked.

#3

I don’t like the draft. It’s anti-American, and it forces men not long removed from being boys to move to places they wouldn't otherwise choose to live.

#4

The draft is becoming more and more popular, and with only one player or so becoming the aberration, the average football fan will never take a step back and realize that the entire system contradicts the basic principles on which America was founded.

#5

The draft is a crapshoot, but every season of college football creates a new crop of high-level talent who emerge as consensus candidates for franchise quarterbacks.

#6

The importance of the position more than justifies the risk. The potential longevity of a franchise quarterback makes it even more worthwhile. Thus, the lesson for every team that needs a franchise quarterback is to hope to land near the top of the draft, and then take one of the best quarterbacks available.

#7

The NFL has used the Wonderlic test to assess players’ intelligence since the mid-1970s. However, no one knows what the scores mean or if they even matter. The test has been proven to be susceptible to cheating, and many players don’t care about it or don’t take it seriously.

#8

The 40-yard dash, while it generates the most interest for fans and media, doesn’t say much about football ability. The intrusive process of gathering exhaustive personal information about a player also has, at times, questionable relevance.

#9

Teams love to stockpile draft picks, as they never know what might happen with one random pick. Some teams, such as the Ravens, do better than others at cracking the code and turning those picks into superstars.

#10

The rookie wage scale, which went into effect in 2011, made those unused picks even more valuable because they became a method of landing young talent at a low cost and keeping them on the team for four or five years.

#11

The NFL also does not want fans to notice the allure of tanking, as it would make it easier to recognize and stop. Thus, the league always claims that every team tries its hardest to win every game, even when that isn’t the case.

#12

The NFL currently has a number of significant offseason events, from the Scouting Combine to free agency to the schedule release to the draft. A draft lottery would become a fifth significant event during the nonplaying season, which would generate millions of eyeballs and dollars.

#13

Every year, the NFL commissioner, Roger Goodell, takes the stage to announce the first round of the draft. Despite being booed, he continues to do so. The owners have become uncomfortable with the league’s image being undermined by booing the man in charge of the entire sport.

#14

The draft has become the commissioner's chance to shine, and he will not allow the booing to stop him. In 2020, the pandemic forced the draft to be held virtually. That year, the league and the commissioner attempted to turn booing into a social-media fundraiser, but the end result was awkwardness.

#15

The NFL has been resisting change, until an Easter event in 2014 forced the league to relocate the draft. It has since moved the draft to different cities, and the event has become a bigger deal than ever.

#16

The NFL draft is the ultimate reality show about nothing. But the gradual disclosure of names, the incessant praise heaped on every pick by on-air analysts, and the incessant selling of plausible hope to fans of every team makes the draft a permanent fixture of American sports.

#17

Owners frequently meddle in team operations, but most find a way to do so without appearing to have meddled. Jerry Jones, however, is a notorious meddler. He made himself the general manager of the Dallas Cowboys when he bought the team in 1989, and has constantly influenced team decisions.

#18

The Browns had a GM in Ray Farmer, who was in charge of making the picks. However, Haslam, the owner, had a huge say in who the team would select. Haslam liked Manziel, and so Farmer traded up to get him.

#19

In the 2017 draft, the Saints wanted to select quarterback Patrick Mahomes, but the Chiefs moved up from 27th to 10th pick to take him. Because the teams that wanted Mahomes said nothing, the draft experts didn’t push him as a top prospect, contributing to his slide to 10th pick.

#20

The same dynamic played out in the 2018 and 2019 drafts, with five quarterbacks being considered first-round prospects, four of whom found homes within the first ten selections. The Ravens, however, coveted Lamar Jackson, and they knew they could wait. They traded down from No. 16 to No. 22, then from No. 22 to No. 25, and finally made Jackson the final selection of the opening night of the draft.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The fact that a player becomes a free agent should be a red flag. Some players simply have had enough, refuse all opportunities to sign a new contract, and make their exit. Other players are signed to new contracts by their teams.

#2

The smartest teams know how to keep their veteran players, while still having enough money to sign top-quality replacements when needed. It's always better to pay current players for their performance and loyalty rather than spend big money on strangers.

#3

The franchise tag will never go away. It was implemented in 1993 as a part of the settlement of the antitrust litigation filed by a group of players after the failed strike of 1987. It allows teams to squat on one free agent every year, preventing him from negotiating with other teams.

#4

The franchise tag gives a huge advantage to teams that want to keep their best players, and it will never go away despite the occasional calls to get rid of it.

#5

As of 1993, players finally secured free agency. However, the system in place to allow it was the salary cap, which limited teams’ spending on players. Some players ended up being cap casualties because their contracts took up too much cap space.

#6

In the salary cap era, teams often hate their coaches. This is not an inaccurate statement, and it is one of the realities of life in a free-agency system that includes real restraints on the ability of teams to gobble up as many free agents as they want.