How NFL Teams Prepare Their Final Draft Board

[MightyGiants]

Bill PolianHall of Fame Team Executive

April 3, 2023 6 min read

https://www.the33rdteam.com/category/nfl-draft/how-nfl-teams-prepare-their-final-draft-board/

[Philosophers]

Good read.

[todge]

Great article. This process is typical of the vast majority of teams.

Note Polian's take on final "decision makers ". That varies from team to team. When Reese was GM - the entire War Room voted on the selection with the GM only casting a vote in the event of a tie. In the DG regime - it wasn't clear if that process remained. But glimpses of the Giant War Room indicated there wasn't much variance. It remains to be seen what this regime does. But indications are that the final decision makers are a more focused group with Schoen at the forefront as existed in the Bills organization.

I doubt that this organization will ever drift to an autocratic system. The Giant mantra continues to be "personnel decisions are a collaborative effort". But I wish a Giant beat writer (hello Pat T!) would research and report as to just who the final decision makers are.


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[President Rick]

even if only once a decade or more, I would wonder IF regardless of the system, an owner could simply override the rest for a different player to whom he was overwhelmingly committed..  I could see a jerra type doing this.  would Mara?   would any owner?  the gm, scouts, coaches, etc. all work for him/them.

[todge]

The only owner who has done that is Daniel Snyder. No way Mara would.


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[Philosophers]

The only owner who has done that is Daniel Snyder. No way Mara would.


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Collaborative does not mean equal vote.  It means they all provide info and have input but it does not mean equal vote. 

[MightyGiants]

Great article. This process is typical of the vast majority of teams.

Note Polian's take on final "decision makers ". That varies from team to team. When Reese was GM - the entire War Room voted on the selection with the GM only casting a vote in the event of a tie. In the DG regime - it wasn't clear if that process remained. But glimpses of the Giant War Room indicated there wasn't much variance. It remains to be seen what this regime does. But indications are that the final decision makers are a more focused group with Schoen at the forefront as existed in the Bills organization.

I doubt that this organization will ever drift to an autocratic system. The Giant mantra continues to be "personnel decisions are a collaborative effort". But I wish a Giant beat writer (hello Pat T!) would research and report as to just who the final decision makers are.


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Ted,

The collaboration is done when the Giants set the board.  The sort of voting you suggest is simply not practical when within the time frame of the actual draft