NFL Draft

**raijin1** · April 12th, 2007, 12:58 AM

Anyone have any thoughts on this... this is the first year I have really followed it...

I really have a vested interest in it this year, because as a Georgia Tech alum, I don't get to see many great stars come from our school... Of course I am talking about Calvin Johnson, and he is probably the best overall athlete in the history of GT (maybe with the exception of Bobby Dodd)...

He won't go first in the draft, because the early draft teams have more pressing choices than receivers... Looking like Jamarcus Russell and Brady Quinn will go earlier, since good QBs are a necessity for the them... But it would be so great if Atlanta could trade up and get him... CJ spent 3 years making a subpar quarterback look good, he could do the same for Mike Vick...

Click my sig to see highlights, check his stats, but pay special attention to the 2 catches at 1:12... He constistently made these plays throughout his career at Tech, in double and triple coverage... If he has even a halfway decent QB to work with, he will dominate the NFL...

**johnny_on_the_spot** · April 12th, 2007, 04:50 PM

Mel Kiper (espn's main football draft analysist) has calvin johnson going 4th to the Bucs.

here is the rest of his mock draft
1. Oakland - JaMarcus Russell, QB, LSU
2. Detroit - Brady Quinn, QB, Notre Dame
3. Cleveland - Adrian Peterson, RB, Oklahoma
4. Tampa Bay - Calvin Johnson, WR, Georgia Tech
5. Arizona - Joe Thomas, OT, Wisconsin
6. Washington - Gaines Adams, DE, Clemson
7. Minnesota - LaRon Landry, S, LSU
8. Atlanta (from Houston) - Jamaal Anderson, DE, Arkansas
9. Miami - Levi Brown, OT, Penn State
10. Houston (from Atlanta) - Leon Hall, CB, Michigan
11. San Francisco - Dwayne Jarrett, WR, USC
12. Buffalo - Amobi Okoye, DT, Louisville (this kid is only 19!)
13. St. Louis - Alan Branch, DT, Michigan
14. Carolina - Greg Olsen, TE, Miami (Fla.)
15. Pittsburgh - Lawrence Timmons, LB, Florida State
16. Green Bay - Marshawn Lynch, RB, California
17. Jacksonville - Ted Ginn Jr., WR, Ohio State
18. Cincinnati - Jon Beason, LB, Miami (Fla.)
19. Tennessee - Adam Carriker, DE, Nebraska
20. New York Giants - Paul Posluszny, LB, Penn State
21. Denver - Jarvis Moss, DE, Florida
22. Dallas - Robert Meachem, WR, Tennessee
23. Kansas City - Chris Houston, CB, Arkansas
24. New England (from Seattle) - Patrick Willis, LB, Ole Miss
25. New York Jets - Darrelle Revis, CB, Pittsburgh
26. Philadelphia - Steve Smith, WR, USC
27. New Orleans - Aaron Ross, CB, Texas
28. New England - Reggie Nelson, S, Florida
29. Baltimore - Joe Staley, OT, Central Michigan
30. San Diego - Dwayne Bowe, WR, LSU
31. Chicago - Ben Grubbs, OG, Auburn
32. Indianapolis - Justin Harrell, DT, Tennessee

**mavgrad99** · April 12th, 2007, 07:50 PM

all I know is the Raiders and the Cowboys will find some way to botch their picks, they always do, just like the Texans last year taking anybody but Young or Bush... wtf?

**raijin1** · April 12th, 2007, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by mavgrad99

all I know is the Raiders and the Cowboys will find some way to botch their picks, they always do, just like the Texans last year taking anybody but Young or Bush... wtf?

Yup, that made no sense to me either... They could have had a genuine superstar either way, and instead they got... nothing...

I have looked over so many mock drafts by now, I can 't keep up with them... I still gotta think Oak will pick a QB, be it Russell or Quinn.... and I don't think Adrian Petersen is going to go as high as everyone is predicting...

There are still a couple of weeks for some trades to happen, which could throw a monkey wrench into the whole machine... but what do I know...

**johnny_on_the_spot** · April 12th, 2007, 08:38 PM

oakland wont take quinn, they want a strong armed qb who can launch rockets downfield to moss... they either take calvin, russell or trade down

Jake15 · April 12th, 2007, 10:46 PM

didnt chicago trade Jones for the 4th pick or something?

**ItalianStallion** · April 13th, 2007, 01:38 AM

chicago traded jones for a 2nd rd pick like 5 spots higher than theirs...so the jets got jones n draft pick like 5 picks later..good trade by jets...

**mavgrad99** · April 13th, 2007, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Jake15

didnt chicago trade Jones for the 4th pick or something?

yeah, they got rid of the wrong people again... should have kept briggs and jones and got rid of grossman and benson... we shall see, yet, I expect nothing. other than they will find some way to screw it up. The Jets playoff chances just went up however.

**ItalianStallion** · April 14th, 2007, 04:41 AM

jets chances went up hugee! we didnt give up nething for a very very good rb..we still have our back ups..we can now use the draft to get a quality player..perhaps trade up to get calvin johnson..a prolific wr..or add to our young defense..id like a player that is exciting ala reggie bush effect..sum1 who can be a playmaker (devon hester..dont buy him nething for christmas or his birthday cuz he'll just RETURN it!)

**Jeremy Minton** · April 14th, 2007, 05:07 AM

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Originally Posted by johnny_on_the_spot

oakland wont take quinn, they want a strong armed qb who can launch rockets downfield to moss... they either take calvin, russell or trade down

Moss will hopefully go to the Packers. I really want Favre to be a contender before he retires... here is my top 5

1. Jamarcus Russel (LSU QB) going to Raiders
2. Brady Quinn (QB ND) going to Lions
3. Adrian peterson (RB OKU) going to Browns
4. Calvin Johnson (WR GT) going to Buccaneers
5. Joe Thoams (OT WU) going to Cardinals

As you can see, I agree with Kip.

**mavgrad99** · April 14th, 2007, 11:51 PM

funny, I hoped Favre would have retired 3 years ago when everyone left him, whats he got now... Bubba Franks, DD and Jennings... wow! their offense is stacked.

**joker13** · April 18th, 2007, 07:58 AM

I hope the raiders pass on Russel and go for Brady Quinn. He is smarter and has plenty of arm strength for the weapons the raiders have. Smart QBs win games not big dumb ones.

**mavgrad99** · April 18th, 2007, 12:21 PM

hmmmm... we all know that Vince Young didnt do too well on those "tests" but when it comes to football smarts and managing a game he did alright, I think Russell is a better QB anyway, just look at his track record in big games as opposed to Quinn, if it wasnt for Smarzdja saving his ass all the time he wouldnt be half the QB he is. I just hope your Raiders dont fock it up like they always do there Joker.

**johnny_on_the_spot** · April 18th, 2007, 03:33 PM

"With the first pick in the 2007 NFL draft, the Oakland Raiders select Joe Thomas, offensive tackle from Wisconsin"

he can sit there right next to robert gallery...

if they take quinn over russell, they will be screwing themselves... quinn hasnt played well in any big games and luckily won some -- mich st. - need i say more

**raijin1** · April 27th, 2007, 11:11 PM

So what time does this happen tomorrow, and what station is it televised on?

**mavgrad99** · April 28th, 2007, 12:54 AM

ESPN and ESPN2... I think it starts at 1 eastern, check your local listings.

**johnny_on_the_spot** · April 28th, 2007, 01:05 AM

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Originally Posted by mavgrad99

ESPN and ESPN2... I think it starts at 1 eastern, check your local listings.

u sure its 1? i know coverage starts at 11, i thought the draft started at noon...

**ItalianStallion** · April 28th, 2007, 04:27 AM

its gonna be on espn n espn 2 all day prb startin at 12
the first pick will come around there..but there will b plenty of talkin time before...i dont care honestly who goes first..the best player is c.johnson from wat the scouts all say..n to pass on him numba 1 sucks for raiders!

**mavgrad99** · April 28th, 2007, 07:54 PM

OMG, the Raiders finally did something right for a change, the Lions on the other hand... well, they are fucked. Stanton to Johnson? ehhhh

**raijin1** · April 28th, 2007, 08:16 PM

Yah Mav, I have been watching this on and off all day...

Jamarcus to Oakland like everyone expected, but is he really good enough to turn that team around?

My boy CJ to Detroit, I can't believe they picked another wideout... I really thought someone would trade up to get him... But don't worry about Stanton, even if he sucks ass, CJ will make him look better than he is...

I guess the big story is Quinn dropping to 22... But I think Cleveland did pretty good overall to get Thomas and Quinn in the 1st round, even if they had to trade out the 1st pick next year...

As far as my Falcons, I am kinda bummed they didn't get Landry at safety... And now also the good receivers like Rice, Jarrett, Meachem are gone... I guess we are stuck with another year of Vick running and fumbling the ball all over the place...

Edit -- as much as I was hoping Atlanta would somehow trade up to get Calvin, I guess its for the best that they didn't.... As one of the so called 'experts' said earlier today, his talent would be wasted with a QB like Vick...