A lot of draft projections back up such a move. Their biggest needs lay at linebacker and the offensive line. Both areas have good depth going into the second and even the third rounds."The effect on franchise value has been exponentially explosive," Steinberg said. When Seattle and Tampa Bay came into professional football in 1976, he said the franchise fee was $16.5 million. When Carolina and Jacksonville were granted franchises in 1995 it had increased to $130 million.

Surely, the NFL draft cannot get any bigger than this: Next Thursday, the first round will be broadcast live in prime time. Friday, the second and third rounds will be held, again live in prime time. And the final four rounds will be conducted over much of the day Saturday, all of it televised somewhere..The NFL is planning to add more networks. In the future all nfl games will only be shown on nfl network channels. To do this they need to generate revenue from the cable companies.

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