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8 overall, rushed in its card to pick quarterback Byron Leftwich. describes the sequence of events:īut in frenzied flurry in the minutes immediately following the Minnesota move, Jacksonville, choosing No. Let’s just say they still didn’t jump the gun right away, either. The Vikings, out of time, were allowed to make up their pick at any point. Baltimore claimed it never spoke with league official Joel Bussert. The Vikings claimed they turned in their card to NFL officials with 32 seconds left, but the league said it didn’t have confirmation from the Ravens about the deal. Eventually, the Vikings made a deal with the Ravens, one that would allow them to jump three spots to get quarterback Byron Leftwich. They were discussing a trade with the Ravens, Jaguars, and Patriots. The Vikings had the seventh overall pick. But we were very disappointed, and we’re still disappointed.” 2003: Minnesota Vikings “I think we had an understanding that we would get Jimmy even when we were off the clock, we didn’t overreact to the fact that we were off the clock. I mean, we all know that you’ve gotta call the deal in for it to be official. And for two and a half minutes, Ozzie was on the phone with the Bears, and the Bears were telling Ozzie that they had called the deal in. “With about two and a half minutes left, we had a deal. Ravens head coach John Harbaugh spoke in an interview later. All of us at the Ravens strongly disagree. They concluded that their heartfelt and admirable apology was sufficient for our loss. "It is, in my opinion, a deviation from their great legacy. "I'm disappointed in the Bears and the McCaskeys," Bisciotti said via The Baltimore Sun. I called Baltimore and apologized to Baltimore and told them it was our fault."īaltimore owner Steve Bisciotti wasn’t very accepting of the apology, to say the least. "There might be something said about it because of not communicating with the league in proper protocol. "We had a disconnect," Angelo said via NFL.com. 28.Īccording to the Tribune, Bears general manager Jerry Angelo told two staff members to call the league regarding the deal, but each believed the other was doing it. The Ravens got their pick in eventually, landing Smith before the Saints picked at No.

Essentially, the Ravens tried to make a trade, but ran out of time.Īpparently, the team saw that there were a bunch of players available that the team would have been very satisfied to draft, and therefore were entertaining offers to trade back into either the later first round or even the second round, where they could still get one of the guys on their draft board and accumulate additional picks as well.Īt the team's press conference late last night once the pick was made, Ravens GM Ozzie Newsome noted that it was indeed a "long day." He said that head coach John Harbaugh was on the phone with Jimmy Smith while he was on the phone with "another team." Ozzie thought he had worked out a trade and called the NFL, but apparently, the other team did not, leaving the Ravens holding the phone while their allotted time ran out and the Chiefs jumped in front of them. The most recent one happened with the No.

It’s happened two times in recent memory. Essentially, the clock measures the time until the next team can make its pick, rather than the time the current team has to make its pick. When a team fails to get its pick in on time, the next team’s clock starts, but the original team can still get caught up. Typically, teams get their picks in well before the clocks hit double zeroes, without any drama or much fuss. In the second, it’s seven, and in the third, it drops down to five. In the NFL draft, all 32 teams have time limits to get their picks in.