Top draft sites/ publications?

[SoonerBillsFan]

Who have you guys found to be more spot on with draft picks evaluation wise?

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

South Coast Cookhouse in Crystal Beach always had a good selection of beer and ale on tap.

[SoonerBillsFan]

Just now, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

South Coast Cookhouse in Crystal Beach always had a good selection of beer and ale on tap.

No matter what other replies...you win 😁

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

1 minute ago, SoonerBillsFan said:

No matter what other replies...you win 😁

Half the nonsense I post is based upon 'wrong takes' off a thread title.  Too much 'Goon Show', 'Monty Python's Flying Circus', 'Police Squad', 'Airplane!' in my formative years.

[EmotionallyUnstable]

Idk how accurate it is but I get all my content from twobillsdrive.com

 

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[SoonerBillsFan]

2 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

Half the nonsense I post is based upon 'wrong takes' off a thread title.  Too much 'Goon Show', 'Monty Python's Flying Circus', 'Police Squad', 'Airplane!' in my formative years.

Yes...I was asking for football draft information...and don't call me Shirley. 

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

3 minutes ago, EmotionallyUnstable said:

Idk how accurate it is but I get all my content from twobillsdrive.com

 

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Many of whom consult:

[DCOrange]

I'll give a serious response. It depends on what exactly you're looking for, but here's some of the sites/authors I like to read. I'll bold the ones that are behind paywalls.

• Reception Perception - https://receptionperception.com/; Particularly good for WRs and QBs (both for NFL players and draft prospects). The main thing I love is that they chart how often WRs run each route type, how successful they are on those routes, success rates against man vs. zone, etc. and they do similar charting for the QBs.
• Dane Brugler/The Athletic - He usually releases a handful of big boards with some blurbs about the prospects, but the real value is his extremely in depth draft guide (over 300 pages last year) breaking down pretty much every prospect with a pulse, even going back to their high school stats in a lot of cases.
• First Draft podcast with Mel Kiper & Field Yates - Can be found on any of the podcast platforms you may use and I believe they've begun televising/broadcasting on YouTube as well. I wouldn't say they go super in-depth on guys, but more just simple breakdowns of their top prospects, sleepers, WR big boards, etc.
• PFF Draft Guide - They have a lot of good NFL Draft content, but their draft guide is particularly good. In recent years, they've begun including their charting for WRs and QBs similar to Reception Perception and I always enjoy seeing the differences between their findings and the consensus (a couple notable examples this year: they have Jayden Daniels #22 on their big board, Keon Coleman #57, and Xavier Worthy #69).
• Derrik Klassen/Bleacher Report - Bleacher Report kinda hit the scene as poor quality analysis, but in recent years they've employed Matt Miller, Nate Tice, and now Derrik Klassen as their draft experts and they're all very good reads IMO. You can basically just google "(Insert Prospect Name) Scouting Report Bleacher Report" and get a pretty deep breakdown of any prospect you want.
• The Ringer NFL Draft Guide - https://nfldraft.theringer.com/; great interface and fairly detailed scouting reports on their top 50 or so prospects. They'll eventually add Ben Solak's QB charting as well, which is insanely deep.
• Daniel Jeremiah - I always enjoy reading his big boards, seeing who's moved up and down, etc.
• RAS.football - https://ras.football/ This is the guy that calculates every prospect's RAS rating (basically their athleticism score). It's the only thing on his website so no need to go there for anything else.
• Mockdraftable - https://www.mockdraftable.com/; database that basically shows how a given prospect performed at the Combine in one neat graphic.
• PlayerProfiler - https://www.playerprofiler.com/; has advanced stats for both NFL players and draft prospects. Famously the place where everyone gets prospect's breakout ages from.
• Matt Harmon YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@MattHarmonRP; This is the main guy from Reception Perception.
• 2 Minute Drill YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@2MinuteDrillFB/videos; quick two minute scouting reports of a ton of prospects
• Brett Kollman YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@BrettKollmann/videos; more in-depth film breakdowns of prospect
• Spreadsheet of videos to scout prospects yourself - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18a0E2eJPc14LmSOw6vJtvhryNWC-ojOffARtFlCV3xk/edit#gid=0
• My WR Metrics Spreadsheet - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12pCgsJPa9X-jjNMOZ_exJTAEfxmZOeETzEm8SNkuXec/edit#gid=1244172747

Edited March 9 by DCOrange

[T master]

Well this is pretty apparent if you ask Bills fans isn't it - Bills Mafia ?? GO BILLS ...

[TheyCallMeAndy]

I like NFLDraftBuzz 

[MikePJ76]

They are all pointless until the day before the draft.  Those final mock drafts are the only one's that matter because those are usually sourced from organizations and the most accurate.  

Rick Gosselin's day of the draft final mock used to be the gold standard because it was created from info he got from all the teams.  

 

There are lots of people putting out guides, magazines 50 mocks but they are all pointless essentially.  I used to read them all, from ourlads to the sporting news and everything in between.  I have come to realize they are all worthless. 

 

I won't even read a thing about the draft until the day of and I guess it will be Dane Brugler at this point because he will have more evaluations than most even though they are essentially worthless evaluations.

[muppy]

I used to go to a drug or grocery store and look for the magazine Walters Draft Guide. If you are a person who prefers a tangible program I think that would suffice nicely. 

 

 

[stuvian]

In the grand old days of yore when men were men, the BBMB ran wild with crazy Bills fan (whatever happened to Happy Sperm Whale?) and the internet was powered by Clydesdales (Budweiser not Bud Lite) I used to surf Hail Redskins.

 

That has since been expunged by the language police.

 

Then I discovered East Coast Sports whose website was as primitive as a 1980s arcade game but with excellent draft analysis.

 

 

https://web.archive.org/web/20010413133210/http://www.homestead.com/eastcoastsports/ONE.html

 

East Coast Sports was run by Al Fronczak who was once headquartered in none other than Buffalo NY. His mock drafts were strikingly accurate. 

 

Today I follow drafttek.com

 

https://drafttek.com/

 

 

[BuffAlone]

10 hours ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

Half the nonsense I post is based upon 'wrong takes' off a thread title.  Too much 'Goon Show', 'Monty Python's Flying Circus', 'Police Squad', 'Airplane!' in my formative years.

Good for you! Gotta laugh to keep from crying🤣

[Augie]

9 hours ago, DCOrange said:

I'll give a serious response. It depends on what exactly you're looking for, but here's some of the sites/authors I like to read. I'll bold the ones that are behind paywalls.

• Reception Perception - https://receptionperception.com/; Particularly good for WRs and QBs (both for NFL players and draft prospects). The main thing I love is that they chart how often WRs run each route type, how successful they are on those routes, success rates against man vs. zone, etc. and they do similar charting for the QBs.
• Dane Brugler/The Athletic - He usually releases a handful of big boards with some blurbs about the prospects, but the real value is his extremely in depth draft guide (over 300 pages last year) breaking down pretty much every prospect with a pulse, even going back to their high school stats in a lot of cases.
• First Draft podcast with Mel Kiper & Field Yates - Can be found on any of the podcast platforms you may use and I believe they've begun televising/broadcasting on YouTube as well. I wouldn't say they go super in-depth on guys, but more just simple breakdowns of their top prospects, sleepers, WR big boards, etc.
• PFF Draft Guide - They have a lot of good NFL Draft content, but their draft guide is particularly good. In recent years, they've begun including their charting for WRs and QBs similar to Reception Perception and I always enjoy seeing the differences between their findings and the consensus (a couple notable examples this year: they have Jayden Daniels #22 on their big board, Keon Coleman #57, and Xavier Worthy #69).
• Derrik Klassen/Bleacher Report - Bleacher Report kinda hit the scene as poor quality analysis, but in recent years they've employed Matt Miller, Nate Tice, and now Derrik Klassen as their draft experts and they're all very good reads IMO. You can basically just google "(Insert Prospect Name) Scouting Report Bleacher Report" and get a pretty deep breakdown of any prospect you want.
• The Ringer NFL Draft Guide - https://nfldraft.theringer.com/; great interface and fairly detailed scouting reports on their top 50 or so prospects. They'll eventually add Ben Solak's QB charting as well, which is insanely deep.
• Daniel Jeremiah - I always enjoy reading his big boards, seeing who's moved up and down, etc.
• RAS.football - https://ras.football/ This is the guy that calculates every prospect's RAS rating (basically their athleticism score). It's the only thing on his website so no need to go there for anything else.
• Mockdraftable - https://www.mockdraftable.com/; database that basically shows how a given prospect performed at the Combine in one neat graphic.
• PlayerProfiler - https://www.playerprofiler.com/; has advanced stats for both NFL players and draft prospects. Famously the place where everyone gets prospect's breakout ages from.
• Matt Harmon YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@MattHarmonRP; This is the main guy from Reception Perception.
• 2 Minute Drill YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@2MinuteDrillFB/videos; quick two minute scouting reports of a ton of prospects
• Brett Kollman YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@BrettKollmann/videos; more in-depth film breakdowns of prospect
• Spreadsheet of videos to scout prospects yourself - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18a0E2eJPc14LmSOw6vJtvhryNWC-ojOffARtFlCV3xk/edit#gid=0
• My WR Metrics Spreadsheet - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12pCgsJPa9X-jjNMOZ_exJTAEfxmZOeETzEm8SNkuXec/edit#gid=1244172747

 

I look at this and laugh at what is available these days. I remember going back to Buffalo for a game decades ago and hitting a convenience store for a water straight from the airport. They had one of those old “preseason football special” magazines that has basically the same content everywhere, but they added an article about your team and put them on the cover.  I thought I had won the lottery. 

 

Times have changed a bit. 

 

 

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Edited March 9 by Augie

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

12 hours ago, Augie said:

 

I look at this and laugh at what is available these days. I remember going back to Buffalo for a game decades ago and hitting a convenience store for a water straight from the airport. They had one of those old “preseason football special” magazines that has basically the same content everywhere, but they added an article about your team and put them on the cover.  I thought I had won the lottery. 

 

Times have changed a bit. 

 

 

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The 'gin mill' my dear old dad used to stop in for a post work beer gave out Kessler whiskey football preview guides.  I can't remember if they covered the pro games, but college ball predictions were compiled by conferences.  Probably put together by a bunch of sportswriters 'liquored up' on free Kessler. 🤔

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Hey, when Pops would come home with Slim Jims and the Kessler football guides, it was Christmas in late August. 😁

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

23 hours ago, SoonerBillsFan said:

Yes...I was asking for football draft information...and don't call me Shirley. 

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