Please behave on Saturday

[77dave]

Officer Tightend has been policeing the forum a lot recently with lots going on.

This Saturday is the one of the most important days of the year for Tighty the sports fan.

The NFL draft is this week and while the draft starts at 8pm bst. Tighty will be spending the day checking many stats througout the college season and checking the draft predections of all the so called experts.

So i ask you to let Officer Tightend to have just one day off of his duties.

ps feel free to raise hell on Sunday.

pps. any ideas tighty what the bears can do to help there running game

[TightEnd]

http://www.footballoutsiders.com/2004/04/26/ramblings/nfl-draft/204/

"Congratulations to Richard Prew of London, the winner of the first annual Football Outsiders Draft Contest. Richard, who correctly predicted 26 of the 32 players selected in the first round and nine players in their exact slot, informs us that it’s possible to watch the draft live on ESPN even in the UK. What a wonderful world we live in"

two years ago that was


Huge day Saturday, Ryan playing at Oxford United, Leicester against Sheff Wed in a relegation six pointer and then rush home for NASN and the draft.


the Bears.....get a franchise left tackle such as Chris Williams to protect the QB and open up running lanes. 

[77dave]

I hear they are looking for a RB. Benson is still recovering from his broken leg and the team suffered last year after releasing T. Jones.

I forget the name of the guy they are looking at i think he is at Michagan.

Gonna be interesting to see what the Dolphins do. The rest of the draft can change depending on that.

[TightEnd]

I forget the name of the guy they are looking at i think he is at Michagan.

Rashard Mendenhall from Illinois?

I think they will definitely go left tackle, as the running back class is very deep, will get a very good rb in the second round.

[tikay]

I forget the name of the guy they are looking at i think he is at Michagan.

Rashard Mendenhall from Illinois?

I think they will definitely go left tackle, as the running back class is very deep, will get a very good rb in the second round.

Spot-on.

[tikay]

Officer Tightend has been policeing the forum a lot recently with lots going on.

This Saturday is the one of the most important days of the year for Tighty the sports fan.

The NFL draft is this week and while the draft starts at 8pm bst. Tighty will be spending the day checking many stats througout the college season and checking the draft predections of all the so called experts.

So i ask you to let Officer Tightend to have just one day off of his duties.

ps feel free to raise hell on Sunday.

pps. any ideas tighty what the bears can do to help there running game

'Tis true, Tighty has had one hell of a fortnight, & he's never wilted once. Top bloke him, & I hope he relaxes for once on Saturday. He deserves it. Mind you, as you say, on Sunday......

[AndrewT]

Is there a big correlation between top draft picks and the players who go on to be really good in their careers or are there lots of top college kids who were first drafts and then went on to be rubbish?

[TightEnd]

Is there a big correlation between top draft picks and the players who go on to be really good in their careers or are there lots of top college kids who were first drafts and then went on to be rubbish?

Its pretty mixed. Whilst there are some sure things, there are a number of "busts" who never live up to the position they are drafted

The teams throw huge resources at scouting networks, with varying results. Often a superstar is only drafted late or not at all.

Part of the fun for the idle fan is predicting the winners/losers and the bargains. 

[77dave]

With the Dolphins and the Rams making their picks already what trades are going to be made by teams such as the Falcons to move up the draft.

Do you think the Dolphins will try to get back into the 1st round by trading to continue the Bill Parcels rebuilding process.

So many DE and tackles in the draft and not so many good QBs and RBs will be interesting to see what happens next

[Acidmouse]

Can the 49ers get anyone decent?! sigh my teams are doing so bad.

[77dave]

The 49ers traded their pick with the Patriots so they dont get to pick until number 29. So it depends on what is left from the 1st round when it gets to them they will prob look for a LB to help the defensive line. By interesting to see who the Patriots get with the no.7 pick.

[bobby1]

http://www.footballoutsiders.com/2004/04/26/ramblings/nfl-draft/204/

"Congratulations to Richard Prew of London, the winner of the first annual Football Outsiders Draft Contest. Richard, who correctly predicted 26 of the 32 players selected in the first round and nine players in their exact slot, informs us that it’s possible to watch the draft live on ESPN even in the UK. What a wonderful world we live in"

two years ago that was


Huge day Saturday, Ryan playing at Oxford United, Leicester against Sheff Wed in a relegation six pointer and then rush home for NASN and the draft.


the Bears.....get a franchise left tackle such as Chris Williams to protect the QB and open up running lanes. 

lol i love it, that sounds like the same 'family commtments' I have too.

Rich , it would be great if you could give us a run down of how you think the draft went if you get a chance.

[TightEnd]

Will do Phil. Its high time blonde had an NFL Child board


the Dolphins? Parcells will stock up in the trenches, expect more OL, DL and LBs.

Then when he has steadied the ship with say an 8-8 season he'll draft skill players next year

tried and tested formula he uses for turning round franchises.

[TightEnd]

With the Dolphins and the Rams making their picks already what trades are going to be made by teams such as the Falcons to move up the draft.

I expect the Falcons to trade 2 of their rd 2 picks to get back to say Number 28 to draft Brian Brohm the QB

I also expect Baltimore to get to the back end of Rd 1 to draft Chad Henne the QB assuming Ryan is gone when they pick at 8

[dino1980]

With the Dolphins and the Rams making their picks already what trades are going to be made by teams such as the Falcons to move up the draft.

I expect the Falcons to trade 2 of their rd 2 picks to get back to say Number 28 to draft Brian Brohm the QB

I also expect Baltimore to get to the back end of Rd 1 to draft Chad Henne the QB assuming Ryan is gone when they pick at 8

Is that the QB from Hawaii? Heismann nominated no? On that note is Tebo (sp?) in the draft? If so where do you think he'll go and is he as good a prospect as Eli Manning and Carson Palmar were?