2008 OFFICIAL DRAFT THREAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RashanGary]

You're probably right, Red.

We'll see how it goes though. Thompson does seem to be enamoured by big time talent. He was one of two GM's interested in Moss. He went out and got Woodson. It's not like he's only getting boyscouts. To me Hardy is one of the only top 10 talents being talked about as late as we pick. I consider him right up there in that next group after Long, Long, Dorsey, Ryan, McFAdden and Ellis.

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You're probably right, Red.

We'll see how it goes though. Thompson does seem to be enamoured by big time talent. He was one of two GM's interested in Moss. He went out and got Woodson. It's not like he's only getting boyscouts. To me Hardy is one of the only top 10 talents being talked about as late as we pick. I consider him right up there in that next group after Long, Long, Dorsey, Ryan, McFAdden and Ellis.

its one thing to get proven talent like woodson, moss, and even the queens with allen.

its another thing to get a high risk guy that has shown no nfl talent yet

[Chubbyhubby]

I am looking forward to the draft tomrrow. Should be alot of fun!

[GrnBay007]

What time does this actually start tomorrow?

I don't care about all the pimpin pre-draft stuff

[Lurker64]

What time does this actually start tomorrow?

I don't care about all the pimpin pre-draft stuff

2 PM central, I think. We should pick around 5:30-6 PM.

[GrnBay007]

What time does this actually start tomorrow?

I don't care about all the pimpin pre-draft stuff

2 PM central, I think. We should pick around 5:30-6 PM.

Thanks

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What time does this actually start tomorrow?

I don't care about all the pimpin pre-draft stuff

2 PM central, I think. We should pick around 5:30-6 PM.

did you take into account the new time between picks for that?

[GrnBay007]

New time between picks?

[swede]

New time between picks?

It's ten minutes in the first round this year.

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New time between picks?

yeah, i think that they changed the time from 15 minutes to 10 minutes between picks in the first round

[Lurker64]

did you take into account the new time between picks for that?

I was being pessimistic, but if you want a more accurate number:

If we assume the Miami pick happens right away, there are 28 10-minute intervals between pick before we pick. That'll pretty much all get used, this is the first round. So we'll be waiting at least 280 minutes, (3 hours and 40 minutes). When you count in the fact that the 10 minute timer only starts when the last pick is announced, and take time out of that for the guy to saunter to the podium and for TV time outs or something, I'd say that a 5:30 PM - 6 PM estimate isn't actually all that unreasonable.

[BF4MVP]

AQIB TALIB!!!!!!!!

Great Talent

I went out on a limb saying this was a guy I really liked if he slipped

Two days later news came out that he was smoking plenty of pot in college

I hope I didn't put the Odell curse on him

Well, you could look at it that way, or you could give yourself a pat on the back for cursing him because he probably would have no chance of slipping if it weren't for the pot smoking

I'm hoping the Packers take him anyways..I just wouldn't pass up on his talent..Talentwise, he's lightyears ahead of any of the corners available to us and would be a great value at 30..

Plus, I've read that he's been clean since his girlfriend gave birth to their child last year, or something like that..I don't know how much truth there is to it, but we shall see what happens.

[HarveyWallbangers]

I'm really hoping we pass on a corner in round 1. It sounds like any player available to us in round 1 would be a 2nd round talent. Talib might be a first round talent (I say might because I don't think scouts think he's an upper echelon prospect--even without the pot smoking), but we don't need to deal with the character issues. From there, it's pretty deep and you can pick up a similar player a round or two later.

[Guiness]

lol at 10h to go, and at three pages!!!

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I'm really hoping we pass on a corner in round 1. It sounds like any player available to us in round 1 would be a 2nd round talent. Talib might be a first round talent (I say might because I don't think scouts think he's an upper echelon prospect--even without the pot smoking), but we don't need to deal with the character issues. From there, it's pretty deep and you can pick up a similar player a round or two later.

pick number 30 = 1 pick away from round two. any player that would be available there in a perfect draft senario, would be borderline round 2 talent anyways

its like saying how old you are. when people are 1 month away from their, say, 40th birthday, why not say they're 40. there closer to 40 then they are to being 39