Selecting so high, especially with consecutive picks, the Redskins will greatly affect the salary structure of this draft, especially the top half.
Vick says he has thought about leaving school early for the National Football League draft, especially if he were to win the Heisman or a national title.
It's not too early to be looking ahead to the N.F.L. draft, especially if you're a promising underclassman wanting to turn pro.
A fourth-year role player on a struggling team is not what people expect from the third pick in the draft, especially in this age of preps-to-pros prodigies.
In general, we preach that you should start the team you drafted, especially in the first few weeks of the season, and that players who have unfavorable matchups should not be benched if they are of a certain caliber.
Russian-born hockey players have long been a challenge for N.H.L. teams at the annual draft, especially after the emergence of the K.H.L., which pays players more than N.H.L. entry-level contracts.
"Ever since I've been here, they've been able to do a really good job of keeping the guys that they draft, especially the guys that they like," Hamels said Monday.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS Many expected the Indianapolis Colts to draft a defensive player in the first round of the 2015 draft, especially after defensive frailties were exposed by the Patriots in their 45-7 mauling of the Colts in the AFC championship game.
"If you have an opportunity to put him in a better situation," Olivia said, "why not try?" As has become custom, trades enhanced the tension of the draft, especially the deal that sent Manning to San Diego for quarterback Philip Rivers, whom the Giants had drafted at No. 4. The Giants also sent a third-round pick in this year's draft and a first- and fifth-round pick in the 2005 draft to San Diego.
With the Seahawks, Idzik was part of a front office that over the last three years, coinciding with the arrival of General Manager John Schneider, has mined a bonanza of talent in the draft, especially in the middle rounds: quarterback Russell Wilson, safety Kam Chancellor and cornerback Richard Sherman.
