NFL Draft

[Vileborg]

Holy Cow! Every lineman was 6'4"+ and 300+ pounds. Looked like a Mens XL commercial.

Surprised several people are still left on the board. I would have thought a few of them would have been value buys near the end of the first round. Grab them and trade them for what you need if you don't need them.

Both of VT's 1k rushers are in this draft. Sophomore Sensation Ryan Williams and Junior Darrell Evans. I was hoping at least Williams would come back for another year but with an offense that is rebuilding with the loss of QB Tyrod Taylor to the Draft/Graduation I can't completely blame them.

On a side note Stinespring is no longer calling the plays on game day. We should win a few more games just because he's not telegraphing every play.

[billybud]

Wow!

I guess this is the draft to be a QB..I was surprised that Christian Ponder went #12 after his injuries at FSU. He'll do well since he is smart, reads defenses, and has an arm good enough for a west coast type game.

[Dossenator]

Well, Mallett finally drafted....to New England in the third round.

Anyone else watching this draft? I am sick and tired of hearing that Mallett is a bad kid with character issues. Rich Eisen just asked the draft expert on the panel (Mayock or something like that...and don't get me started with Kiper and McShay) what are the issues with Mallett.....and guess what he could not think of one thing. These guys have just heard it so many times from Kiper and McShay and they are doing nohting but repeating what they heard. The guy stuttered...said he transferred from Michigan (so what), that he had multiple run ins with the law (bold faced lie....he had one issue where he was trying to get into a bar in Fayetteville after he first arrived on campus when he was 20 years old...that's it...one offense). They have been dogging him saying that he is lazy and not a good teammate. More lies, his fellow teammates praise him as a teammate. Petrino has come out multiple times and said that Mallett was the hardest worker on the team....the first to arrive, and last to leave type player. That he was always prepared. Petrino trusted him in a pro style offense with a huge playbook. All the experts said all draft Mallett was the most NFL ready QB and had the most skills of any of the QB's but the off the field stuff kept him from being drafted higher. Just plain garbage.

Did anyone watch the John Gruden QB interviews. Wow, Mallett impressed. Breaking down film like a head coach...going into detail about audibles, check downs, how the check downs change as the defenders change their positions, etc. Then on the flip side Cam Newton was asked to verbalize an Auburn play. And Cam could not do it. I was floored. He said you caught me off guard. How did this guy get by last season. Gruden looked shocked and said you can't verbalize a single play and Cam replied with some garbage like....our motto at Auburn was simple meant fast. And this from the #1 overall pick. Just crazy.

Patriots got a great pick in the third and Mallett can learn behind Brady. Mallett was the only QB ready to step in and start if he had too....I feel sorry for several of the QB's picked ahead of him. They just aren't ready....for goodness sake, Kapernick didn't take snaps from under center in college and he was drafted ahead of Mallett.

[Dossenator]

Also, TE DJ Williams remains and a few TE's have come off the board. Williams won the Mackey award this year for best tight end in college football. I know that means nothing to the NFL but the kid can block and is a great route runner (catches the ball well and moves great after the catch). He should be the next TE I would think. And you could not find a better kid than him in the draft.

Also, on Mallett, he is an extremely considerate guy and respectful. Always says yes sir and yes ma'am. My mother-in-law taught with his parents and says they are a great family. Just don't get the criticism against Mallett's character.

[Derek]

I was glad to see AJ Green go fairly high, I think it will be interesting to see him and Chad Johnson (I refuse to call him ochosinco)

Anyone think that New Orleans is gonna have the greatest running game in the history of football???

I'm gonna have to go with them just on this pick for next year. They will take their division.

[Spence]

I feel sorry for him. He couldn't have gone to a worse team.

[billybud]

Also, TE DJ Williams remains and a few TE's have come off the board. Williams won the Mackey award this year for best tight end in college football. I know that means nothing to the NFL but the kid can block and is a great route runner (catches the ball well and moves great after the catch). He should be the next TE I would think. And you could not find a better kid than him in the draft.

Also, on Mallett, he is an extremely considerate guy and respectful. Always says yes sir and yes ma'am. My mother-in-law taught with his parents and says they are a great family. Just don't get the criticism against Mallett's character.

Well...we know that with millions at stake, NFL guys research their picks. We'll never know what they find that isn't public knowledge...

One has to wonder if the ongoing whispers about Mallett were unfounded and ultimately cost him some $$$...or whether there was something smoldering behind the smoke? Nothing has been made public if there was any character problem at all.

However...

http://www.theredzone.org/BlogDescripti ... fault.aspx

[Vileborg]

We all know New England got a steal. Heck, they probably put out the rumors so they could get him in a later round to keep him from playing against them.