PaattMaann

favorite draft thread BY FAR, kudos to you all

how is it a meaningless gesture??? its been ruining the first 20 picks of the draft for years now, what is meaningless about it eball?

"According to Sports Illustrated's Richard Deitsch, after the league met with ESPN and the NFL Network on Wednesday, the three entities have decided to turn up the intrigue on the drama. Deitsch writes that the NFL Network and ESPN have agreed not to “show a draftee on the phone in the Green Room prior to the pick on the first night of the NFL Draft.” In past years obviously, those Green Room shots let the viewer knew who Roger Goodell was about to announce before Goodell could get to the podium and actually say the name. This way, nobody except the draftee -- and whoever is sitting next to him in the Green Room -- will know which player the next team on the clock will take until Goodell announces it." GREAT NEWS for those of us who love the draft and still like the "christmas like" surprise of not knowing who it is until the name is called! about dam time! There was another article in USA Today with Chris Berman who loves the move and says hes been telling ESPN Execs for years to do away with it because it was killing the fan experience....he also said the NFL gives ESPN ZERO heads up on whos being drafted where...

I wonder how many peeps actually get this.... I hear he can skate with the best of em though...and if hes willing to play two sports, im all for it.

I always enjoy your posts OCinBuffalo, and our chats in the shout box as well....getttt emmmmm'

and bingo was his name-o

as already mentioned, some of those picks were used to move back into first round, having picks allows flexibility....and we still have ALOT of crap on this team that could be replaced by draft picks (Even 7th rounders) ex) batten, moats, every WR not named Johnson/Nelson etc.

trading within division doesnt often happen thats for sure...id be happy to trade down and get extra ammo to fill needs later in the draft regardless of who the trading partner is (and in this particular case, the Jets took Ingram, woopty doo...me = not impressed)

point value basically is even....I wouldnt mind the trade one bit if they were able to take anyone BUT Reiff with that pick haha Extra 3rd is great, and I think extra 5ths and 6's are good deals

ESPN is doing their blogger's mock draft, bloggers play GM and make picks/trade for first round At 10, the Bills traded down with....the JETS, who had to give a boat load to move up 6 spots, where they selected Ingram At 16, Bills took Riley Reiff (Floyd and Gilmore were taken with picks before) To trade up the Jets gave the bills the 16th, 77th, 154th and 187th... Overall, not a bad move, most of us seem to want a trade down, however I would definately not want us to take Reiff at that spot..but it seemed like he was dictated to us by the picks right before ours in the trade down....

just came in to say this, haha

david is NOT 6'3 and 243, unless he grew 2 inches and put on 25 pounds since the football season ended...but thats a helluva growth spurt for a 21 year old man

interesting you completely gloss over Gilmore at CB at the 10 spot, he is who I THINK we draft...who I want, is Kuechly (and would be happy with Floyd or Gilmore)

first of all I really dont think Belichick is open to trading Mallet, unless of course hes offered a "too good to be true" scenario from a QB desparate team....and second, I think he (and the offensive staff) really like Brian Hoyer, add in the fact that Brady will probably play for 3-5 more years and you have an obvious answer to why he would be willing to trade a 3rd QB on the depth chart (for a dynamite offer)....and Belichick loves turning one draft pick into multiple...

well I most certainly heard none of those, and id be very interested to hear or see where you heard such rumors....I highly doubt he would have been drafted (let alone in the 3rd round by the Pats) if there were concerns over meth and cocaine....only thing he ever tested/admitted to was pot im certainly not saying I want to trade for him haha, but people talking "relapse" over the dude enjoying a bong hit here and there is rediculous

its not just NFL game carries that wears down your body, its preparing, its practicing, its all wear and tear....I definately understand your point, but if im giving a contract extension, im giving that extension based on a 31 year old running back, not a 28 year old one....2 year extension.... and just curious, but under same scenario, lets say Adrian Peterson stops playing football for 5 years then comes back, do you think he can play until hes 40?

a drug relapse? jesus christ he was smoking pot not shooting heroin haha....theres alot of things probably to worry about with Mallet, a "drug relapse" doesnt even rate....the cluelessness of some people around here baffles me...

what does Fred Jackson have to do with this argument? Fred Jackson's body took plenty of pounding prior to his NFL football career...playing in a different league doesnt mean the wear and tear on your body is any less... I agree, for Weeden, that playing baseball for 5 years didnt take the toll on his body like football would, but there is plenty of body fatigue for athletes in all sports, so its not like his body was in an incubator for those 5 years, he was still "adding up mileage"...but I wouldnt NOT take Weeden because of his age, I would NOT take Weeden because he blows haha

THE BISCUITS BACK???!!!

his athleticism was on display at the combine (as well as every play on tape), he compared to and beat the stats put up by Patrick Willis - so he does have athleticism, as well as all the tape in the world that he could be a dominant MLB for the next 10 years...id take that and be happy with it

I could see players "shooting up draft boards" in the respect that the media is finally uncovering information from teams front offices about players they like that the media had previously "underrated".....so they would be shooting up the media/draft pundits draft boards when in reality they have been high on teams draft boards all along (and the media is of course, late in discovering this/reporting this, hence the "shooting up draft boards")....

everyone who grew up with him in Endicott says your wrong : ) but keep that support coming b/c he is the TRUTH (I assume your talking Jonny and not Art haha)

for what its worth, I grew up with his older brothers (both phenemonel professional athletes) and the Jones work ethic is superb...never knew Chandler though, but im sure the apple does not fall far from the tree....2nd round though? I thought he was graded at 3rd or 4th but I guess if the GM is confident then who cares about "grades"....

if by "terrible movie" you mean great action flick that I watch every time it is on TBS, your right : )

agreed, between the twin-like resemblence to Payton, as well as her chin gunk....ill pass