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When it's your time to pick you can, that's how jimmy johnson did it, he would have a specific contract of what he thought that particular slot should be paid, and he would send it out with his rep's and have them standing by potential draft pick's, they would offer it to thier first choice, if he turned it down then the next, and so on, the reasoning behind it is even if the player you want is more talented than the one you may get it put's pressure on a guy to sign because he may wynd up dropping much further in the draft, perhap's making less money than the player drafted in his spot, even if he's more talented, hypothetically we may wan't Winslow, so we offer him the contract first, now he has to consider whether or not the lion's will draft him? or will he fall a couple spot's and maybe get a less lucrative contract? As well he may not really want to play for a particular team even if he can get top dollar, as well he know's how interested we are in taylor and we would draft him in a heartbeat so it leaves little room for games on Winslow's part, now if he was far and away the best talent he could swing a bigger hammer, but there is to much talent in the top 10 to hold team's up with overbearing contract's, so we have some leverage this year before we pick, the player has more leverage after we pick, so if we can get him signed before we pick we should seriously press hard to do so.
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