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| 30th March, 2009 - 7:02 pm |  Boston Globe - The Lions plan to have a finalized contract, or at least an agreement, in place with whomever they select with the first overall pick.
Only the team with the first pick can negotiate with prospects before the draft.
Oakland botched their negotiations with JaMarcus Russell two years ago and he held out, which caused him to join the team late.
"We saw how much that set back [Russell] a couple years ago," new coach Jim Schwartz said. "That's a tool we have in drafting No. 1. We need to take advantage of every advantage that we have." [READ] |
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