CARLTON has not spoken to likely No.1 draft selection Jacob Weitering in the hours leading up to the NAB AFL Draft, and the Blues maintain they are yet to decide who they will take with the top pick on Tuesday night.

Blues list manager Stephen Silvagni didn't give anything away when he spoke to AFL.com.au's live The Draft Show on Tuesday afternoon in Adelaide.

"I think possibly you want to keep that speculation there," Silvagni said.

"I think when you actually select the player you want some genuine excitement.

"I think that's good for the family involved and the whole concept of the draft."

Silvagni revealed the Blues caught up with Charlie Curnow on Tuesday to get his side of what happened on Friday morning when he was arrested in Geelong.

"What happened … you can't condone it but they are 18-year-old boys and they're going to make a blue," he said.

"No one was hurt and that's the fortunate thing about it."

Silvagni said the prospect of his son Jack becoming a Blue on Tuesday night remained up in the air, but maintained he had been removed from the process of selecting him.

"When I took the job, the question came up, that was addressed straight from the start, that I'd have no decision," he said.

"Obviously they'd ask my opinion but the final decision isn't with me, it's actually with Andy McKay and the list management group, so we basically dealt with that right from the start.

"Whatever happens tonight happens. Obviously there's a bidding process in place and for Jack's sake he's hoping to get to Carlton."

Essendon coach John Worsfold said Geelong Falcons midfielder Darcy Parishwas 'absolutely' in the mix for one of the Bombers' first two selections.

The Dons enter the draft with selections four and five, which will shift down a position should the Sydney Swans match Melbourne's expected bid for Callum Mills at No.3.

Worsfold said the Bombers had "a strong understanding" of what would happen with the draft's first two picks and acknowledged the "ripper talls" available, but the Demons' selection would dictate their plans.

Melbourne coach-in-waiting Simon Goodwin said explosive midfielder Clayton Oliver was one of "five or six players" in their range for their first pick, likely No.4.

He said they were "pretty clear" on their opening selection, and would then wait and see how things played out before they chose again at No.8.

It would be a matter of securing "the most talented player possible" rather than focusing on a specific type.

Goodwin also confirmed he would coach the NAB Challenge as another step towards his full-time take over in 2017, and that the Demons hoped last year's No.2 pick Christian Petraccawould take part in the pre-season games after his knee reconstruction.

South Australian draft prospect Riley Bonner said he had spoken to all clubs, but was aware of particular interest from the Western Bulldogs.

"I've spoken to the Bulldogs a couple of times," he said.

"I've spoken to all of them (clubs) but we wait and see.

The talented left footer from West Adelaide said four-time premiership star Grant Birchall was a player he followed closely.

"What he does when he has his man and when he doesn't. He does a lot of damage from behind the play." 

The Brisbane Lions get involved early with pick No.2, and coach Justin Leppitsch all but confirmed key forward Josh Schache would join the club.

"We've been shouting out we need a key forward all year," he said.

"It's an area we fell down this year and all the numbers will tell you our inside 50 work at both ends of the ground was a little bit light on – difficult to score and easy to score against.

"The ends of the ground are areas we're looking at."

The Lions also have two Academy picks available to them – key position prospect Eric Hipwood and midfielder Ben Keays, who look set to join the club with their next selections.

"It's very important to retain our Queenslanders as much as we can, and we really want to go out of our way to keep them," he said.

Leppitsch said he felt the Lions had gone "a far way" to address the go-home factor of their players after a spate of departures in recent years.

Top 10 prospect SamWeideman, the grandson of former Collingwood captain Murray Weideman, has battled ankle issues for two years and lastplayed in May, but he said he was prepared to dig deep to make up for his lackof fitness.

"My endurance isn't there at the moment, but I think ifI'm in the AFL system they'll work with me on that, and I'll work really hardon it to become the best player I can," Weideman said.

He said it had been frustrating to have been taken out ofthe game this season but believed he had coped with it as best he could.

"I think I've handled myself quite well and stayedpositive throughout the year and hopefully it pays off," he said.

Adelaide's football manager David Noble said the Crows would not necessarily commit pick No.9to a South Australian player in either WayneMilera or Ryan Burton.

"We've always had a philosophy that we trade for needsand draft for talent," Noble said.

"We'll take best talent if it's available.

"If it happens to fall that it's local, that's a bonusfor us."

Noble said the experience of losing star midfielder PatrickDangerfield to Geelong had not swayed the club's thinking on draftinginterstate players.