NFL’s supplemental draft often is a waste of time

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The plan sounds good: Draft a guy now, using a pick from the following April, and acclimate him to your system. Whoever the pick is gets a bonus year. Too bad it doesn’t always pan out. Actually, it usually doesn’t — as the Redskins well know.

Three summers ago they drafted Jeremy Jarmon in the NFL’s supplemental draft, using a third-round choice. He’s now out of the league (though they somehow managed to trade him to Denver last summer for Jabar Gaffney).

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