There's a whole lot of Lions fans here ready to tackle Millen, but that's another post, (probably after we draft another post route runner!).
Well, despite the fact that Bush will be playing for a Texa(n)s team, he will be getting a beating every week from other teams, including the other Texas team, the Cowboys. Let us talk about the #2 pick. That will be Saints QB Matt Leinart. Lat night's game will be like half of Leinart's season. However, there will be a bright side. His coach will be Dom Capers, yes Capers. Also he will be the L.A. Saints QB, and will be playing where he has always played, the Coliseum. There will be fan support. Getting #2 (and Leinart) and firing Haslett (and hiring Capers) are all part of a larger plan to relocate the Saints to Los Angeles. Mark my words. Finally, I believe that there will be more USC players declaring for the draft and going in the first round. Vince Young, V.Y., will also declare for the draft. He will go third to Tennessee as a replacement for McNair, unless TEN trades down. However, that is unlikely. IF they trade down, and I am capitalizing it because it is most unlikely, a team currently at #15-25 will liekly get him. But once again, the Titans management are pretty foolish, to keep confused Fisher onboard and throw the valuable McNair overboard, but they are smart enought o know that if you are V.Y. the National Champ, you'd better draft him.
I doubt it very much that Bush will go to the Texans, I'ld be very surprised if they don't take Young with the first pick. Then the Texans will just trade picks for an o-line.
How would a rookie runningback keep Alex Smith from getting killed. That's been Barlows problem since day one (picking up the blitz) SF should pick up Mario Williams if available. Defense wins chapionships. Besides, Gore and Hicks are a good set of backs. They just need seasoning and the line to gain some experience.
Remember guys VY is a Houston kid. I honestly don't see much if any drop in the caliber of him and Bush. After he won the National Championship last night for the 'horns the Texans will take him and the fans will love it.
VY is a raw talent. As exciting as his perfomance has been, there alot of mechanical flaws to his game that will be exposed at the next level. Teams that are in the hunt win with a pocket passer (Manning, Brady, Palmer). One more year would do him well. Leinert is still a better pick for any of the teams picking early in the draft. Bush goes to Houston. Leinert goes to New Orleans. If VY comes out, he'll end up in Tennessee or Oakland. I see him riding the pine for while (ala McNair).
Agreed. Take a good look at that throwing motion before you sign him to a big contract (then again, it's the NFL, what does a contract matter?).
Exactly...Throwing at the pro level isnt something just can just be easliy taught. He also has bad footwork and a huge problem checking down. I dont see him running past or over pro level linemen, backers or even DBs. He can be a great player some day if the proper approach is taken toward his development.
Bush to Houston. Young to Saints, because of proximity to Texas, Young will sell tickets. Titans will take Ferguson, Leinhart, Cutler, or as I suspect, trade down. The Jets have the worst GM in football, and will take the wrong player. They need an OT in the worst way, and if they choose one, it willnot be the right one. Green Bay takes Williams. Oakland takes Cutler or Leinhart, whoever is still available
If scottypup is right, and he could well be, then the next question is: What kind of trade value does David Carr, a once-heavily-hyped #1 pick who's had so many beatings in the last four years that Jim Caviezel should play him in the movie, have for the Texans?
I take back what I said. VY goes #1 to HOU. Leinart still goes to NO/L.A. #3 is Reggie Bush, who goes to TEN or the new owner of that pick. However, it now seems like VY is declaring, which makes me doubt that Reggie will declare. However, odds are he still will declare. He will SURELY regret not declaring if he stays, as does Leinart after getting torched.
The bears could really use a Safety. The defence is great but w/o Mike Brown theres alot of holes over the top
oviously now vince young is number one pick
There's a whole lot of Lions fans here ready to tackle Millen, but that's another post, (probably after we draft another post route runner!). You forgot route runner who can't catch. Who won the best receiver award this year anyway? Whoever it is, they should start looking for a house in Detroit. Damn you Millen.
I like that theory about about the L.A. Saints...it sounds very devious and possible in an Irsay-ish way; I wonder if they'll pack up in the middle of the night and move down I-10 (after it gets rebuilt of course). DeAngelo in S.F....I like, I like. I had not thought of that. I predict he will be big in the NFL. While Bush gets all of the attention, he will languish on lousy teams, with his numbers to comfort him, la Barry Sanders. DeAngelo, however, may the cornerstone of a championship squad.
[Vince Young]'d be stupid not to come out this year. Not necessarily. If he has a chance to go #3 this year or #1 next year, it's in his best (financial) interest to wait one more year. Sure, he could get injured playing one more year of college ball, but then what's to say he couldn't get injured playing pick-up basketball before the draft.
I think Pittsburgh better draft a RB if Bettis does retire, because Staley has been injured the last 2 seasons, and he's just not the power type of back who'll run between the tackles on every run play like the Steelers traditionally like. Also, I like the idea of Houston drafting Vince Young #1 because of this: Their O-line simply cannot protect their QB, so why not draft a running QB who can get out of trouble and run for some yards when the pocket breaks down, which for HOU, is just about everytime they pass. They need playmakers NOW, and they also need something that will get butts in seats, and it'll be a PR hit.
I think that the draft order can't be determined until after the Superbowl.
Just to clarify: the complete draft order won't be determined until the Super Bowl is over (footnotes in those links speak to that point). The 12 teams in the playoffs won't know which pick they'll have until the outcome of whichever round of the playoffs they lose in.
Related to the chart in this link, does anyone have a link to previous years strength of schedule for each team? I think it would be interesting to compare strengths of schedule relative to the team's final standing.
Sorry, the Bears don't need a Safety, they need a Tight End like the Cardinals need a running game (okay, maybe not that bad). This link from above nails it right on the head but if the site's assessment of the draft is correct, the Bears might risk waiting until the second round before drafting a TE; then they'd take an O-lineman, OLB, or WR with the 1st-round pick. Obviously we won't know until April, though.
Damn could have said it better myself!! Young needs to be in houston. He might lead the league in rushing!! thats not necessarily a good thing.
Not necessarily. If he has a chance to go #3 this year or #1 next year, it's in his best (financial) interest to wait one more year. Is there that much disparity between what the #1 and #3 get? What if he falls in the draft. I think Leinart would have been the first pick last year had he come out, probably not this year though.
leinart almost defintely would have been first pick last year. but he wanted another championship. oops. there is a pretty large financial difference between #1 and #3 (and the difference in signing bonus is pretty huge). also, to the one who said:
Wow, second year in a row the Dolphins will actually have a first-round pick. I so don't miss Dave Wannstadt.
was it Wannstadt that traded the Eagles their 2nd round pick (which ended up being the 35th or so pick in the draft) for A.J. Feeley? What a brutal trade for the Dolphins. We'll see how Reggie Brown plays out but I prefer him heavily to Feeley. I actually think Brown may be a very solid #2, potential #1 receiver.
Is there that much disparity between what the #1 and #3 get? No, not when you consider the idea he'd have earned a year's worth of #3 pay plus interest. And he'd be a year closer to free agency.
I can hear it now: "And with the ninth pick, the Detroit Lions select wide receiver..."
It's between VY and Reggie Bush for 1 and 3. Leinart is 2, and it's over. He's coming back home in 2007.
i aagree joe88. i'd be shocked if bush didn't go number one, though.
My boss, who is a USC grad, made an interesting point. What if, however very unlikely, Reggie decides to stay one more year. Maybe he feels like he owes to the fans and school after that bonehead lateral in the 1st quarter. As was the case with Leinert, maybe a booster would get Reggie a Lloyds of London policy to entice him to come back for one more year. Wouldn't that screw up everyone's draft prognostications?
The Jets fan in me wants everyone and their horse to declare for the draft this year. Whatever it takes.
The only thing that is going to save Alex Smith's ass is kevlar. The Niners need an O-line to save Alex from traction. A better offense will also keep the defense healthy.
As was the case with Leinert, maybe a booster would get Reggie a Lloyds of London policy will, you got a link to back up this assertion, because this would be a major NCAA violation if true.
billsaythis As far as I know, it would not be a violation because the player only benefits if his collegiate career is prematurely ended due to injury. I must admit I'm going by what my boss said and he is a pretty intelligent individual who doesn't typically make off the cuff remarks. I will certainly look further into this and get back to you.
Cool, Will. My thinking is that the NCAA are such hardliners on spending money for the benefit of a 'student-athlete' and that the cost of this policy would surely be more than the handful of long distance phone calls or meals at Denny's that have brought schools big rips in past years that it can't possibly slip through on the type of technicality your boss gave. I could, of course, be wrong. But rarely.
bill I think you're right. The little I found on Leinart and the Lloyds of London policy points to his father ponying up $20k for the premium. I'm gonna go bitch slap my boss now. Sorry for the misinformation.
Give him one for me, for insulting my alma mater when we're already down.
#1 houston reggie bush still the best #2 new orleans vince young sorry leinart #3 tennessee d'brickashaw ferguson leinart passes out at draft table #4 n.y jets matt leinart bye pennington thanks for nothing #5green bay deangelo williams nfc r.o.y #6 oakland a.j hawk al davis just lose baby
#7 san fransico demeco ryans #8 buffalo jay cutler steals from lions for trade #9 detroit matt millen never know he will draft another wide out or something stupid (santonio holmes) #10 mario willams
