Phillips graded out higher than any of the QBs in this years draft. Plus he has a year of being an NFL QB under his belt. Phillips is not an "unknown".
I would never dream of stealing orange cones. However a "friend" of mine once took about 10 of them which were used as boundry and endzone markers for Thanksgiving Day football games at out local park. It gave it a more "professional feel".
The cooler they used on the show was a standard full size cooler. Looked like they dumped about half a thing of salt in there. By thing I mean the large container of salt you buy at the store for 70 cents.