NFL's unspoken draft-day strategy
 

By LES BOWEN

bowenl@phillynews.com


WHEN DECIDING which prospects to draft, NFL teams look at factors ranging from 40-yard-dash times to the results of personality tests to how players perform in all-star games.

There's one variable that isn't an official part of any team's "draft book," though. It won't be written down on any of the printouts heaped on conference tables across the NFL this week, as the league prepares for the 2004 draft, coming up Saturday and Sunday. Team officials and agents interviewed for this article agreed it probably won't affect the draft position of most players - but it will affect some, even if they never realize it.

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