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  Mock draft roundup

  Matt 2:51 pm on 2/21/2008 | 2 Permalink Reply
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  It’s still ridiculously early, but there are already a few published mock drafts for next year’s fantasy football season out there…

  NFL.com: I find quite a few nits to pick with this one. One could certainly argue for Tom Brady as the top overall pick, but despite the terrible year for tailbacks that 2007 was, I’m still taking Tomlinson with the top pick. They’ve got A-Pete 2nd, and while he’s plenty tempting, I’ll take the sturdy LT over a guy as injury-prone as Peterson any day. Ronnie Brown (12) goes too late; I’d grab him mid-1st-round for sure. Same with Joseph Addai (8) – what in the world did he do this season that would make him anything but a top-5 pick?

  The Hazean’s mock first round: Now this is more like it. Every pick makes sense to me. The only things I’d change would be to bump Addai (3) above Peterson (2), and to drop Peyton (8) down to 10 or so, which would slide Gore and Lynch up. To be honest, I really wouldn’t draft him in the first round at all this year. I truly believe he and Harrison had something special, and since Harrison doesn’t seem likely to ever be the threat he once was, I think Peyton’s numbers, while they’ll continue to be pretty great, won’t ever reach those astronomical 2004 levels again. (More …)

   

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  2008 NFL Mock Draft - count us in

  Matt 10:02 am on 1/28/2008 | 2 Permalink Reply
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  The Hazean is hosting a mock draft, and we’re bravely taking on the role of the Mangenius in this one. The Jets are one of those teams that has so many different needs, I think it’s almost pointless for them to target any specific position. They can use the help all over the field. The defense, though, was even more pathetic than the offense, so my instinct is to go for the best defensive player available when the #6 pick comes up. Chris Long would be the best-case scenario since he’s got the most experience in a 3-4. Vernon Gholston’s been jumping up draft boards lately and Mel Kiper’s got him as the Jets’ first-round pick on his mock draft. Sedrick Ellis and Glenn Dorsey are the other obvious names here, but I highly doubt that Dorsey will fall to #6, and Ellis isn’t a great fit in a 3-4 (though I read things like this and wonder if it matters).

  Some positions I’d rule out right away in the first round:

  • Wide receiver: The Jets are OK with Coles and the Cotch Rocket for another year.
  • Running back: Unless McFadden’s available. You’ve gotta at least consider him. But this O-line is so bad, I don’t know that he’ll make much of a difference.
  • Quarterback: I like Kellen Clemens a lot. Don’t forget that he was in the running for the 2006 Heisman until he broke his ankle. Pennington, if he can stomach it, will serve as a better-than-average backup.

  Jake Long’s the only OT worth taking at the #6 spot, but he won’t fall that far. Too many teams have a desperate need at that position, most notably the Rams (#2) and Chiefs (#5).