That's a great overview. I am looking forward to the next 95. Or more.
Champ Bailey did have one Gordie Lockbaum-esque NFL game
- 2 catches for 54 yards
- a rushing TD
- 5 tackles
- 4 PDs
- an interception
- a punt return
This was Terry Robiskie getting the most out of his toys before they were taken away in Washington's meaningless final game in 2000. He should have let Champ at least try one of the XPs too.
As long as we're being pedantic and listing every two-way NCAA player: Devin Hester at Miami went 24-160 as a rusher and 10-196 as a receiver while also intercepting five passes on defense.
I wouldn't say mentioning Bailey is pedantic since he did have 47 catches as a college Senior, which seems like a much more substantial offensive contribution than Rod Woodson (or Hester) made at the prospect stage. Heck, it's more catches than Charles Woodson had in his college career!
This has nothing to do with anything you wrote, but the one piece of draft content I refuse to read are mock drafts. Obvious clickbait without any real value that is often treated as newsworthy. I am not playing that game!
I hope we get a clever, snarky mock draft. "Bengals, realizing their defense is going to give up points every drive, trade Trey Hendrickson to Panthers and draft Cam Skattebo." "Rams assume their 1st round pick is gone, so Les Snead gets drunk at a local bar, still technically on the clock at beginning of day 2."
You guys are being way too judgmental, too “my stupid obsession is less stupid than yours”, if you will.
I enjoy the mocks, god help me, even to the point of saving old ones for review years later.
Today, for example, I was looking back at 2021. Everyone raving about the five (soon to be underachieving) QBs taken in the top 15, with HOF-level talent like Parsons, Surtain II, Sewell, Chase, Slater out there.
Mock drafts are just silly fun. We know they're not accurate. Neither is the actual draft! As if the top 10 players on the big boards are the actual best 10 future starters. The whole draft is built on wishful thinking so what if people enjoy reading wishful thinking mocks about it?
Derr people writing and reading silly projections in offseasons starved of real football need to examine life choices. Maybe dont be that guy thats upset at others having fun?
My best friend lives five blocks from Lambeau so I've got parking covered. I'm definitely heading down for Thursday's first round and likely Friday's two rounds. Might go down late Saturday hoping to finally hear my name called late in the seventh round. I'm a shorter Sean Clifford type with a better release than late-stage Tim Couch, who couldn't get a ball past the defensive line during his preseason tryout in Green Bay. The draft is the closet thing Green Bay will have to hosting a Super Bowl. I can't imagine the amount of beer that will be trucked into a five block radius for those three days!
NFL coaches seem surprising resistant to the idea of a two-way player. You would think any coach would love the idea because of all the roster versatility it would offer you. An injury at wide receiver doesn’t tank your season if you can just move over a member of the secondary. I get the sense that the coaches have convinced themselves that no player could succeed without all their film study and meetings
If you're the Patriots and need WRs much more than you need CBs, what do you do here? Take the generational talent and figure out WR in the later rounds?
How does he fall to the Patriots at No 4? Apologies, I don't follow mock drafts, but other than Cam Ward, who gets picked before him? Abdul Carter, as Mike mentioned? Shedeur Sanders? I thought Hunter was a consensus #2 after Cam Ward. Am I wrong about that?
My assumption was Ward to the Titans and then some desperate team trades up to take Sanders at 2 or 3, with Carter going in the other slot.
If it's Sanders left over at 4, I assume the Pats trade down or take an OT or WR at 4. I personally don't think Sanders is an early 1st round QB but history suggests desperation and QB need often outweigh common sense.
Myles Jack played LB and some RB at UCLA in the mid-2010s, and not just against Eastern Washington in the early-season exhibition games. Don’t know if it was ever considered at the NFL level though
That's a great overview. I am looking forward to the next 95. Or more.
Champ Bailey did have one Gordie Lockbaum-esque NFL game
- 2 catches for 54 yards
- a rushing TD
- 5 tackles
- 4 PDs
- an interception
- a punt return
This was Terry Robiskie getting the most out of his toys before they were taken away in Washington's meaningless final game in 2000. He should have let Champ at least try one of the XPs too.
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200012240was.htm
Prairie Dog A&Q has a long and historic rivalry with my alma mater South Central Louisiana State University (GO MUD DOGS!!!)
As long as we're being pedantic and listing every two-way NCAA player: Devin Hester at Miami went 24-160 as a rusher and 10-196 as a receiver while also intercepting five passes on defense.
I wouldn't say mentioning Bailey is pedantic since he did have 47 catches as a college Senior, which seems like a much more substantial offensive contribution than Rod Woodson (or Hester) made at the prospect stage. Heck, it's more catches than Charles Woodson had in his college career!
This has nothing to do with anything you wrote, but the one piece of draft content I refuse to read are mock drafts. Obvious clickbait without any real value that is often treated as newsworthy. I am not playing that game!
I hope we get a clever, snarky mock draft. "Bengals, realizing their defense is going to give up points every drive, trade Trey Hendrickson to Panthers and draft Cam Skattebo." "Rams assume their 1st round pick is gone, so Les Snead gets drunk at a local bar, still technically on the clock at beginning of day 2."
Never has so much time and energy gone into things that are instantly meaningless and have even less meaning over time.
If you work for a team or your livelihood depends on mock drafts, I get it. If not....might wanna examine your life choices.
You guys are being way too judgmental, too “my stupid obsession is less stupid than yours”, if you will.
I enjoy the mocks, god help me, even to the point of saving old ones for review years later.
Today, for example, I was looking back at 2021. Everyone raving about the five (soon to be underachieving) QBs taken in the top 15, with HOF-level talent like Parsons, Surtain II, Sewell, Chase, Slater out there.
That’s fun, right?
Right?
Mock drafts are just silly fun. We know they're not accurate. Neither is the actual draft! As if the top 10 players on the big boards are the actual best 10 future starters. The whole draft is built on wishful thinking so what if people enjoy reading wishful thinking mocks about it?
Derr people writing and reading silly projections in offseasons starved of real football need to examine life choices. Maybe dont be that guy thats upset at others having fun?
Do you go to the draft, Mike? The traffic in Green Bay is likely to be epic. (I'll be parked on my couch, texting with my brother.)
My best friend lives five blocks from Lambeau so I've got parking covered. I'm definitely heading down for Thursday's first round and likely Friday's two rounds. Might go down late Saturday hoping to finally hear my name called late in the seventh round. I'm a shorter Sean Clifford type with a better release than late-stage Tim Couch, who couldn't get a ball past the defensive line during his preseason tryout in Green Bay. The draft is the closet thing Green Bay will have to hosting a Super Bowl. I can't imagine the amount of beer that will be trucked into a five block radius for those three days!
Chris Gamble as well :)
I was thinking of Gamble too. Besides CB and WR he was also a good kick returner at Ohio State. In the NFL he focused on CB.
"Tamping down a minor coronary episode"? Ugh, Mike, I hope this is poetic license and not an actual reflection of medical events!
NFL coaches seem surprising resistant to the idea of a two-way player. You would think any coach would love the idea because of all the roster versatility it would offer you. An injury at wide receiver doesn’t tank your season if you can just move over a member of the secondary. I get the sense that the coaches have convinced themselves that no player could succeed without all their film study and meetings
It's also the physical wear-and-tear.
A correction: North Dakota State is an FCS program (I'm from North Dakota and my brother graduated from NDSU).
If you're the Patriots and need WRs much more than you need CBs, what do you do here? Take the generational talent and figure out WR in the later rounds?
How does he fall to the Patriots at No 4? Apologies, I don't follow mock drafts, but other than Cam Ward, who gets picked before him? Abdul Carter, as Mike mentioned? Shedeur Sanders? I thought Hunter was a consensus #2 after Cam Ward. Am I wrong about that?
My assumption was Ward to the Titans and then some desperate team trades up to take Sanders at 2 or 3, with Carter going in the other slot.
If it's Sanders left over at 4, I assume the Pats trade down or take an OT or WR at 4. I personally don't think Sanders is an early 1st round QB but history suggests desperation and QB need often outweigh common sense.
Myles Jack played LB and some RB at UCLA in the mid-2010s, and not just against Eastern Washington in the early-season exhibition games. Don’t know if it was ever considered at the NFL level though