R. Rich

Minnesota selects Matt Kalil, OT from USC w/ their pick. Cleveland selects Justin Blackmon, WR from Oklahoma State w/ their pick. Tampa Bay is on the clock.

Stay tuned, Brainiac. We have two no shows. Both have multiple teams, so I may need you if they don't check in.

Washington selects Robert Griffin III, QB from Baylor w/ the second pick. Minnesota is on the clock.

All GMs who are participatin' please go to our Mock Drafts Forum, which is where it will be held.

Nice to know some things never change: the first overall pick no shows. If we don't hear from jboyst62, I do have his selections for Minnesota and St. Louis in the first round.

Wow; our first no show. Must be a TBD mock. Anyhoo, Indianapolis selects Andrew Luck, QB from Stanford w/ the first overall selection. Washington is on the clock.

Coo. My seats are in Row 4 (25,26). I usually get there a few minutes before kickoff. But for the opener, I'll be w/ the TBD fam @ Hammer's Lot.

They took additional teams so that they would be represented. If you want one, talk to one of the GMs w/ multiple teams and I'm sure they'd be open to givin' you one.

Okay, let's get this thing started now. Indianapolis is now on the clock.

Mock draft begins in 'bout 5 minutes. All GMs participatin' please check in over in the Mock Drafts forum. Mock Drafts Forum

Okay, 'bout 10 minutes before we begin. Roll call: where ya @?

Know 'em and know 'bout 'em! End Zone Crew and his posse are good friends of mine.

Done.

Work out trades via PM; post 'em in the thread. BTW, I like the username. My seats are in that section.

Anyone who is interested is allowed. I put you down for the Iggles. We start in 50 minutes; the link is provided in the first post.

Okay, the trade thread is open. If anyone makes a trade, follow the instructions listed in the trade thread and post 'em. There's a couple teams left: Philadelphia and New Orleans. If there are no takers by the time we start, I'll pick for 'em. Have a good time, folks.

Oakland it is. I have the Browns. Peytonn Neck has Seattle. You get Atlanta.

This thread is just to announce trades 'tween GMs. PLEASE DO NOT POST ANY PICKS AND/OR DRAFT COMMENTARY IN HERE! IT WILL BE DELETED!!!! Trades should be posted as such: (First team in trade) trades (pick/picks involved) to (Second team in trade) for (pick/picks involved) Once a trade is posted by one team, it MUST be confirmed by the other team to make it official. Trades not posted in such a fashion will not be honored.

ROUND 1 1. Indianapolis (10:00 - 10:15am): Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford 2. Washington via St. Louis (10:15am - 10:30am): Robert Griffin III, QB, Baylor 3. Minnesota (10:30am - 10:45am): Matt Kalil, OT, USC 4. Cleveland (10:45am - 11:00am): Justin Blackmon, WR, Oklahoma State 5. Tampa Bay (11:00am - 11:15am): Morris Claiborne, CB, LSU 6. St. Louis via Washington (11:15am - 11:30am): Trent Richardson, RB, Alabama 7. Jacksonville (11:30am - 11:45am): Quentin Coples, DE, North Carolina 8. Miami (11:45am - 12:00am): Ryan Tannehill, QB, Texas A&M 9. Carolina (12:00pm - 12:15pm): Fletcher Cox, DT, Mississippi State 10. Buffalo (12:15pm - 12:30pm): Luke Kuechly, LB, Boston College 11. Kansas City (12:30pm - 12:45pm): David DeCastro, G, Stanford 12. Seattle (12:45pm - 1:00pm): Melvin Ingram, DE/LB, South Carolina 13. Arizona (1:00pm - 1:15pm): Riley Reiff, OT, Iowa 14. Dallas (1:15pm - 1:30pm): Mark Barron, S, Alabama 15. Philadelphia (1:30pm - 1:45pm): Dontari Poe, DT, Memphis 16. NY Jets (1:45pm - 2:00pm): Courtney Upshaw, LB, Alabama 17. Cincinnati via Oakland (2:00pm - 2:15pm): Cordy Glenn, G/T, Georgia 18. San Diego (2:15pm - 2:30pm): Michael Floyd, WR, that school 19. Chicago (2:30pm - 2:45pm): Whitney Mercilus, DE/LB, Illinois 20. Tennessee (2:45pm - 3:00pm): Dre Kirkpatrick, CB, LSU 21. Cincinnati (3:00pm - 3:15pm) 22. Cleveland via Atlanta (3:15pm - 3:30pm): Stephon Gilmore, CB, South Carolina 23. Detroit (3:30pm - 3:45pm): Jonathan Martin, OT, Stanford 24. Pittsburgh (3:45pm - 4:00pm): Donta Hightower, LB, Alabama 25. Denver (4:00pm - 4:15pm): Michael Brockers, DT, LSU 26. Houston (4:15pm - 4:30pm): Stephen Hill, WR, Georgia Tech 27. New England via New Orleans (4:30pm - 4:45pm): Devon Still, DT, PENN STATE 28. Green Bay (4:45pm - 5:00pm): Peter Konz, C, Wisconsin 29. Baltimore (5:00pm - 5:15pm): James Brown, G, Troy 30. San Fransisco (5:15pm - 5:30pm) 31. New England (5:30pm - 5:45pm)Andre Branch, DE/LB, Clemson 32. NY Giants (5:45pm - 6:00pm)Coby Fleener, TE, Stanford

ROUND 2 33. St. Louis (10:00 - 10:10am): Janoris Jenkins, CB, Northern Alabama 34. Indianapolis (10:10am - 10:20am): Jerel Worthy, DT, Michigan State 35. Minnesota (10:20am - 10:30am): Mohamed Sanu, WR, Rutgers 36. Tampa Bay (10:30am - 10:40am): Lavonte David, LB, Nebraska 37. Cleveland (10:40am - 10:50am): Doug Martin, RB, Boise State 38. Jacksonville (10:50am - 11:00am): Reuben Randle, WR, LSU 39. St. Louis via Washington (11:00am - 11:10am): Nick Perry, DE/LB, USC 40. Carolina (11:10am - 11:20am): Alfonzo Dennard, CB, Nebraska 41. Buffalo (11:20am - 11:30am): Kendall Wright, WR, Baylor 42. Miami (11:30am - 11:40am): Kevin Zeitler, G, Wisconsin 43. Seattle (11:40am - 11:50am): Zach Brown, LB, North Carolina 44. Kansas City (11:50am - 12:00pm): Brandon Thompson, DT, Clemson 45. Dallas (12:00pm - 12:10pm): Chandler Jones, DE, Syracuse 46. Philadelphia (12:10pm - 12:20pm): Bruce Irvin, LB, West Virginia 47. NY Jets (12:20pm - 12:30pm): Zerbie Sanders, OT, Florida State 48. New England via Oakland (12:30pm - 12:40pm): Harrison Smith, S, that school 49. San Diego (12:40pm - 12:50pm): Amini Silatolu, G, Midwestern State 50. Chicago (12:50pm - 1:00pm): Bobby Massie, OT, Mississippi 51. Philadelphia via Arizona (1:00pm - 1:10pm): Bobby Wagner, LB, Utah State 52. Tennessee (1:10pm - 1:20pm): Kendall Reyes, DT, UConn 53. Cincinnati (1:20pm - 1:30pm): Ben Jones, C/G, Georgia 54. Detroit (1:30pm - 1:40pm): Jayron Hosley, CB, Virginia Tech 55. Atlanta (1:40pm - 1:50pm): Mike Adams, OT, Ohio State 56. Pittsburgh (1:50pm - 2:00pm): Alameda Ta'amu, DT, Washington 57. Denver (2:00pm - 2:10pm): Kelechi Osemele, G/T, Iowa State 58. Houston (2:10pm - 2:20pm): Vinny Curry, DE, Marshall *** New Orleans (Pick Forfeited) 59. Green Bay (2:20pm - 2:30pm): David Wilson, RB, Virginia Tech 60. Baltimore (2:30pm - 2:40pm): Ronnell Lewis, LB, Oklahoma 61. San Fransisco (2:40pm - 2:50pm): Alshon Jeffery, WR, South Carolina 62. New England (2:50pm - 3:00pm): Shea McClellin, LB, Boise State 63. NY Giants (3:00pm - 3:10pm): Lamar Miller, RB, Miami (FL)

ROUND 3 64. Indianapolis (10:00 - 10:10am): Brandon Boynkin, CB, Georgia 65. St. Louis (10:10am - 10:20am): Jeff Allen, G, Illinois 66. Minnesota (10:20am - 10:30am): Malik Jackson, DE, Tennessee 67. Cleveland (10:30am - 10:40am): Brandon Weeden, QB, Oklahoma State 68. Tampa Bay (10:40am - 10:50am): Dewayne Allen, TE, Clemson 69. Washington (10:50am - 11:00am): Brandon Brooks, G, Miami (OH) 70. Jacksonville (11:00am - 11:10am): Josh Robinson, CB, Central Florida 71. Buffalo (11:10am - 11:20am): Mitchell Schwartz, OT, California 72. Miami (11:20am - 11:30am): Trumaine Johnson, CB, Montana 73. Miami via Carolina via Chicago (11:30am - 11:40am): Marvin Jones, WR, California 74. Kansas City (11:40am - 11:50am): Mychal Kendricks, LB, California 75. Seattle (11:50am - 12:00pm): Michael Egnew, TE, Missouri 76. Houston via Philadelphia (12:00pm - 12:10pm): Nate Potter, OT, Boise State 77. NY Jets (12:10pm - 12:20pm): Demario Davis, LB, Arkansas State *****Oakland (exercised pick in Supplemental Draft) 78. San Diego (12:20pm - 12:30pm): Jared Crick, DE, Nebraska 79. Chicago (12:30pm - 12:40pm): Chase Minnifield, CB, Virginia 80. Arizona (12:40pm - 12:50pm): Juron Criner, WR, Arizona 81. Dallas (12:50pm - 1:00pm): Tony Bergstrom, G, Utah 82. Tennessee (1:00pm - 1:10pm): Philip Blake, C, Baylor 83. Cincinnati (1:10pm - 1:20pm): Marvin McNutt, WR, Iowa 84. Atlanta (1:20pm - 1:30pm): Chris Polk, RB, Washington 85. Detroit (1:30pm - 1:40pm): Tank Carder, LB, TCU 86. Pittsburgh (1:40pm - 1:50pm): Brandon Mosley, OT, Auburn 87. Denver (1:50pm - 2:00pm): Jamell Fleming, CB, Oklahoma 88. Philadelphia via Houston (2:00pm - 2:10pm): Sean Spence, LB, Miami (FL) 89. New Orleans (2:10pm - 2:20pm): Brandon Washington, G, Miami (FL) 90. Green Bay (2:20pm - 2:30pm): Dwight Bentley, CB, Louisiana-Lafayette 91. Baltimore (2:30pm - 2:40pm): LaMichael James, RB, Oregon 92. San Fransisco (2:40pm - 2:50pm): Josh Champman, DT, Alabama 93. New England (2:50pm - 3:00pm): Isaiah pead, RB, Cincinnati 94. NY Giants (3:00pm - 3:10pm): A.J. Jenkins, WR, Illinois 95. Oakland-COMPENSATORY PICK (3:10pm - 3:20pm): Hebron Fangupo, DT, BYU

Oops. Someone opened the thread after I had closed and pinned it (so that nobody would post in it 'til after 10am today). I did post that it wasn't officially open 'til today @ 10am though.

I don't think draftin' a stud DL would be a mistake. The Giants have flourished w/ their strategy of draftin' D linemen; they can consistently bring pressure by rotatin' players in. The Bills can really go a number of ways w/ their pick and get a quality player. OL, WR, DL, LB, even DB (easy, William).

Maybe you do. I take the time off now to go up to Buffalo for the draft party, so I'll be off from Thursday 'til the followin' Wednesday. But, I do echo your sentiments. I miss the old format, too.