The official 2009 DRAFT thread

[Partial]

Re: Raji

This was the #1 guy on my board. I love this pick.


Raji has natural leverage
Of guys Raji's height and natural leverage, very few can carry this type of weight to anchor
Of the squatty, powerful guys that can carry the weight, even fewer can move the way Raji can


When you have a bad season, this is the exact type of rare piece that you need to add to make it worth it.

Ya'd need a forklift to move Raji out of the middle.

At the Senior Bowl you just needed a center

Yep.

[Bretsky]

Re: Need

Ok Mr TT. Now that after all these drafts of me bitching about need, you FINALLY come around to my way of thinking................


OUTSIDE LINEBACKER

Time for you to give your dear TTT some serious MANLOVE

Oh man, I was drinking when I read this, Fuck me, tomato juice and vodka all over the keyboard. CRAP!

YUP; now the mighty have fallen

[wist43]

Gentleman, there is still a draft being conducted......

Dude... let me enjoy this... when is the last time you saw me happy about a TT 1st round pick???

you've turned soft

I will keep fighting the analytical fight Wist

LOL

I'm sure I'll turn back into my usual cynical, skeptical self from the 2nd round on

Very happy with the Raji pick though

[cpk1994]

The media would have crushed TT for drafting Crabtree.

We are stacked at WR as is. I understand BPA. But TT said that you draft for need if the two are ranked the same. He obviously had Raji ranked as high as Crabtree. You can't honestly tell me TT has changed his ways. We all know that is not possible. Raji is a damn fine player and we should be damn happy that he fell in our laps.

One more thing, why does everyone keep worrying about Jennings? He is not going anywhere! I guarantee that. Ever heard of the franchise tag? A deal will get done. And if TT picked Crabtree, Jennings would have been none to happy to be making less money then a rookie.

Okay, I'm done now.

Except MJS, which will probably crush TT for not drafting Crabtree. Bedard has already implied that in his blog.

[MateoInMex]

Nice pony tail!!! That guy looks like he should drive a Camaro and sport wrestling shoes.

[Rastak]

I wonder if Oher will bve there at #22?

[Gunakor]

My thought is that you try the guy at a different position before you give up. but you do that AFTER you give up on the position you drafted him for.

Or maybe because you switch defensive alignments and realize that the 4-3 tackle you drafted would be horrible at the nose?

We shall see. I disagree that Pickett is going anywhere. Harrell? Not anywhere near as confident.

There's a good chance that Pickett isn't starting even this year. That's how high I am on Raji. Well, and as low as I am on Pickett as well. I just don't think he's gonna be as good there as some say he will be, whereas I think Raji is a prototypical nose tackle who is gonna be a star in this league. That's the biggest reason I think he'll be gone, and TT will draft another NT in the middle rounds next year to backup Raji at a much cheaper salary.

[retailguy]

I wonder if Oher will bve there at #22?

you just cursed yourself.

[Fosco33]

packer war room has espn - i like nfln.

maybe they dont get the ticket :P

[gbpackfan]

Highest rated player on my board is Maclin. But Oher may very well be the pick.

[Partial]

Malcome Jenkins is a hell of a pick at this point. Really really solid pick for the Saints.

Gunk, I've asked you countless times now. Answer da question.

What question, I must have missed it.

If Pickett is gone after next year, how is that improving the roster? It's been reported that Pickett will essentially be playing the same position as he played the past 3 years. He's very very, very solid during that time, as well as durable. He's finally entering his prime for an NT, and we're about to replace him.

IF Raji can be a 3-4 DE, then I love the pick as that is our biggest position of need. I don't think he'll be able to, though. Most of the board didn't either when I brought up that possibility a while ago.

[rbaloha1]

Crabtree at 10 is by far the best pick in the draft so far...

How can you be excited about Raji as a 5 snap a game player?!? Starting NT only plays 20ish snaps a game according to Waldo. Awful pick imo.

right, just because he's a monkey wearing glasses doesn't mean he is setting our depth chart

So you have Pickett, a very solid player, as a 5 snap a game player? I don't understand this logic at all.

This guy doesn't fit. We don't have a huge need at NT. We had a glaring need at DE. We've made a rich position richer, but passed on a rare talent in Crabtree.

Raji can play DE. Or is your man crush on Crabtree blind you?

You have no more evidence to suggest he can play DE than somebody who says he can not ; if you look at him physically a guy of his size is not normally a DE in the 3-4

But that doesn't automatically preclude him from playing DE either. Im just reponding to Partial's usual retardosity. You understand the pick at least.

Retardosity? I understand the pick as well. They're going to solidify depth at NT.. Next year, they will probably let a quality NT in Pickett walk so they can replace him with a Raji. No net improvement in the roster. Don't like the pick at all.

TT alluded to Raji playing de which is the most likely scenario.

[Rastak]

I wonder if Oher will bve there at #22?

you just cursed yourself.

Perhaps.....I'm still hoping for Harvin though.......

[pbmax]

Bretsy and Partial, only JSO and us think there is only one approach to picking the draft. Teams that are smart consider all options, including the cost of picking one option over the other.

Crabtree may have been BPA, but Thompson has never said that is his only concern. McGinn/Siverstein/Bedard do, but not the guy calling the shots. If you have no desperate need for the BPA then the next question is "is there value at this pick outside of that player?" Raji probably fits there.

But even if he doesn't, then trading down is not always an option, as you may not have takers in a spot where you can get similar value than Raji or Crabtree at 9.

I like the pick. Crabtree would have been OK, but I like Raji better.

[gbpackfan]

The media would have crushed TT for drafting Crabtree.

We are stacked at WR as is. I understand BPA. But TT said that you draft for need if the two are ranked the same. He obviously had Raji ranked as high as Crabtree. You can't honestly tell me TT has changed his ways. We all know that is not possible. Raji is a damn fine player and we should be damn happy that he fell in our laps.

One more thing, why does everyone keep worrying about Jennings? He is not going anywhere! I guarantee that. Ever heard of the franchise tag? A deal will get done. And if TT picked Crabtree, Jennings would have been none to happy to be making less money then a rookie.

Okay, I'm done now.

Except MJS, which will probably crush TT for not drafting Crabtree. Bedard has already implied that in his blog.

Bedard is a douche. I have never met a guy so full of shit then this wind bag. Terrible hire by the MJS. Oh well - I like the pick.