So, all the lights have been carted out of AT&T Stadium. The tv cameras are gone, but the league continues on. 256 players were selected in 3 days, but there is another pool of players that make up the life blood of the league – Undrafted Free Agents. Not every NFL player was drafted. So, […]
The NFL Draft consumed a lot of TV time this weekend. Starting on Thursday, the 4 hours covered only 32 picks. Friday, we had another 68 names called in Rounds 2-3. Finally, on Saturday, the real work went in as another 154 players were called in Rounds 4-7. Instead of Draft grades, I’m going to […]
The NFL Draft was crazy last night. So many trades going on, it was hard to keep track at the bar. However, what we do know is that QBs were a premium with 4 selected involved in some kind of trade all except the #1 Overall selection. Here is the list of picks: 1 – […]
Tomorrow is the NFL Christmas with the 1st Round of the Draft. Hopefully, you can gather around with your friends and family to see all the drama unfold. Many questions will be answered on which player Cleveland will take at the top and then other teams will react based on that selection. I anticipate at […]
The NFL has become a year round sport. Even after all the games are played, the NFL stamps each month with something so we pay attention to them. The Draft is like the Christmas for NFL fans that people flock to the tv for a 10 second introduction of a new player for their team. […]
Alright, so the wait is over. Thursday is the NFL Draft. So, it’s time to look up who the experts think your team is going to take and wear out the water cooler talking to co-workers. This week, I want to talk about how to actually consume the Draft to make it even more exciting […]
Ok, we got through the Top 20 in the first 2 posts. Now, on to the last group in the 1st round. Predicting the back end of the 1st Round is probably as hard as picking the lottery numbers, but we will go through Team Needs and the Player Profiles to see if we can […]
Life got a little busy there yesterday, so no post, but I’m back on. Monday, we looked at Picks 1-10 of the 1st Round. There are several scenarios possible for the Top 10, and mainly it is guessing 2 elements – which QBs does each team like and if Buffalo/Miami/Arizona jump into the Top 10 […]
Last week I ran through the NFL Draft 101 with a 3 part series. With only 10 days from the 1st pick, the Mock Drafts out there are getting updated almost daily. In this next series, we will cover the 1st Round Picks based on several mock drafts and information out there. Today, we will […]
Alright, time for our last installment in the Draft 101 series. We have covered the Draft Basics and Order in Part I, Player Groupings and Evaluation in Part II, and now the other half of the puzzle is the Team side of things. We will break this section down into 2 parts – Team Needs […]