Always have first pick in draft
Just start a franchise with the trade deadline turned off. Sim or play the season to Week 17. Now find out which team has the worst record. Trade your first draft pick for their first pick and they will accept. Note: You can also do this with second through seventh draft picks also.

Avoiding drills in Superstar mode
If you decide to create a Superstar, you will have to do drills after you have created him. To not have to do drills, choose "Create A Player". Set the year he is born to1987. It should say at the bottom of the info menu that he is a zero year pro. Place him on the team you want to use. After you customize his looks, make his stats 99 overall. Then, go into the depth charts in the Features menu, and place him at the top of the depth chart at his position. Go back into Superstar mode, choose to play as a rookie, and your created superstar should be there with all the other rookies from the 2008 draft. Then choose the superstar you created. You should not have to do any drills and will go into the pre-season with the team you put your rookie on. If you placed him at the top of the depth chart at his position before you went into Superstar mode, he should be a starter.