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2007 NFL Draft

April 30th, 2007 · 4 Comments · 21 views

This post is dedicated to Kris who is sick and I know she loves me and my ramblings on the NFL. Love you dearly, Kris!!!

First Pick - Raiders… JaMarcus Russell
I guess this is a good pick. The Raiders need so much help, it’s almost unfair to subject a rookie quarterback to the kind of abuse he’s going to face playing for the “Greatness.” On the other hand - you’ve had months to decide this, why on earth did it take them 15 minutes to decide who to pick? Because they are the stupid Raiders.

Detroit, Cleveland…man, this is taking forever.

First Major Goof - Miami Dolphins
Uhhhh….number 9 pick and you have no viable option at QB and you don’t take Brady Quinn. Think you can get another QB in the second round? I could buy that if your replacement pick wasn’t a PUNT RETURNER!!!!! My gosh, you had Willis, LB from Ole Miss sitting there. Thank God I am NOT a Dolphin fan OR a Texan fan.

Brady Quinn Slide Alert…
Good night, he’s falling off the planet. Good thing his girlfriend is with him. I think Goodell is going to be a better commissioner that Tagliabue. He came down hard on the thugs. He shielded Brady Quinn from public implosion for a time period so he could get his act together. I like him.

Broncos trade up to get Jarvis Moss.
Jarvis Moss is a beast of end in terms of speed. I like the aggressiveness of the Broncos. Some teams sit and hope “their” player will be there when their pick comes around…Broncos just go get the guy if they want him. Cutler and Walker last year, Moss this year. Combine Moss with 2 shut down corners - things could get tense in Mile High this year. That’s a good thing.

Cleveland gets their QB.
Some are going to argue that giving up their #1 next year to get Quinn is pricey. Maybe. Time will tell. I like the fact that Cleveland believed enough in Quinn to go get him, not just wait to see what happened. Personally, I wouldn’t have done it because I hate Notre Dame.

Overall - a very slow paced draft. In fact, if I wasn’t such a fan I’d call it boring. But I am fan….so I can only call it….very, very, very SLOW.

Tags: sports

4 responses so far ↓

  • 1 clay // Apr 30, 2007 at 10:53 am

    your observations on jarvis moss are correct. we watched film on him for the game, and he gave our left tackle tony ugoh (second round pick to indy)some problems with his sick athleticism. he is definately in the jason taylor/jevon kearse mold.

    but it doesnt matter what denver did, cause the patriots did more and are going to run away with the afc.

  • 2 MikeS // Apr 30, 2007 at 12:36 pm

    OK…whether you like the NFL or not, let’s just the draft what it is…BORING!!! I think you give a team 5-10 minutes tops. Like you said, they’ve had all this time to figure it out, why do they need so long to make the decision everyone already knows they are going to make?

  • 3 Grant // Apr 30, 2007 at 1:12 pm

    Clay - you might be right. The Pats once again took some gambles that almost always work out for them.

    AFC will be stacked again this year.

  • 4 kris // May 1, 2007 at 7:40 am

    * shakes head, blows nose and skulks back to the couch *

    (i am deeply touched, however, at the sentiment) ;-)

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