It is official -- Bulaga and Sitton are on the left side

[woodbuck27]

Solid or certainly valid factoring Fritz.

Here it goes right now in canada and the CFL. The Annula College Draft is getting set to go this afternoon. I'm going to watch it on 'the Sports Network' TSN.

There will be 7 Rounds of drafting on the tube.

First on the clock >>> The Hamilton Tiger-cats. The analysis is draft the BEST Canadian available and assist changeing a Hamilton Defense ...that did very badly in the 2012 season. It was actually last in many categories. It should be the large 300 lb plus Defensive Lineman Fr. the Calgary Dynamos....DE (Yup) Linden Gaydosh.

I'm particularly interested to see where the lad that TT is bringing in for... I assume.... a competition at OLB, from Montreal, Canada >>> will be drafted in the CFL. I'm writing of College DE Andy Mulumba.

http://www.nfldraftscout.com/ratings/dsprofile.php?pyid=114433&draftyear=2013&genpos=DE

Edit:

In fact ....DE Lindon Gaydosh from The Calgary Dynamos and Home...East River, Alberta ...was the first pick of the CFL Draft ...2013 Edition. He's now a Hamilton Tiger-Cat.

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/story/2013/05/05/sp-cfl-draft-linden-gaydosh.html

Lindin Gaydosh was just on TV being interviewed after being the first selection of this draft.

At the end of a brief interview he was asked ... What are you going to do now:

His response:

Go crack a beer. I've got a few beers here. Hahaha ...Typical Canuck.

[rbaloha1]

Any canucks that could help the packers left side?

[woodbuck27]

OK there he goes >>> to >>>The Winnepeg Blue Bombers

The second pick of the CFL Draft >>> presently our own>>> UFA Andy Mulumba.

When he's cut by the Green Bay Packers. CFL fans and especially in Winnepeg we'll enjoy seeing Andy Mulumba defend on the Defensive Line as a Blue Bomber.

PACKERS !

[woodbuck27]

Any canucks that could help the packers left side?

OL >>> LT?

Anyway the BEST OLman... OG/C Corey Watman>>>a tad small for us:

6'- 1" (284 lbs) again from East Michigan >>> just was picked 4th by the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

http://www.nfldraftscout.com/ratings/dsprofile.php?pyid=84818&draftyear=2013&genpos=OG

Another early selection should be... LG/C Brett Jones from the University of Regina. He's bigger:

http://www.reginacougars.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=1899

[Patler]

Any canucks that could help the packers left side?

Do you mean their "full-right" side?
(Maybe you have to be Canadian to get this one???)

[woodbuck27]

Do you mean their "full-right" side?
(Maybe you have to be Canadian to get this one???)

Where I come from Patler...full-right ...is a referrel to hockey and a goalies equipment. Whether you use regular or a 'full-right' goalie blocker and goalie stick. Which depends on whether or not you catch a puck with you left hand (a normal RH person) or catch a puck with your right hand or your a Southpaw (lefty).

[Patler]

Where I come from Patler...full-right ...is a referrel to hockey and a goalies equipment. Whether you use regular or a 'full-right' goalie blocker and goalie stick. Which depends on whether or not you catch a puck with you left hand (a normal RH person) or catch a puck with your right hand or your a Southpaw (lefty).

Yup, that's what I was referring to. I have run into it generally for lefthanders other than goalies, too. Was at a tournament one time, around Montreal I think. In addition to "Height" and "Weight", the roster had a category of "Hand", and for each player listed either "R" or "F-R" depending the side he shot from.

[Carolina_Packer]

Nerd Alert! OK, so the overall discussion is whether the Pack are doing enough to shore up the offensive line. Someone even suggesting that TT won't draft a center in a higher round. That got me to wondering what the other 31 teams have done about bringing in a starting center. I'm not saying what's right or wrong, just what is.

Here is a tally of each starting center in the NFL by the round they were selected.
1st Round=4, 2nd Round=5, 3rd Round=1, 4th Round=2, 5th Round=3, 6th Round=3, 7th Round=4, Undrafted=10

For the sake of coming up with an average, I considered an undrafted player to be the 8th round.

Round Chosen x Total Number Per Round

1x4=4
2x5=10
3x1=3
4x2=8
5x3=15
6x3=18
7x4=28
8x10=80
________
176 / 32=5.5=league-wide average draft round for a starting center

This means that a lot of clubs are not addressing their center position with very high draft picks. So, while it would seem obvious that choosing a Max Unger (2nd round for Seattle) or Mike Pouncey (1st round for Miami) would provide a more talented player, the data here shows that teams are trending towards finding centers in lower rounds, even in the pool of undrafted talent. See the list of players from each team below.

If someone else wants to look at the OG's and OT's and figure out what the average round per position of the whole league is, that might be interesting info to add to the discussion. You can look up the depth chart data here: http://espn.go.com/nfl/teams

NFC

NFC East
Dallas, Ryan Cook 2nd Round 2006
NYG, David Baas, 2nd Round 2005
Phila, Dallas Reynolds, Undrafted 2009
Washington, Will Montgomery, 7th Round 2006, Carolina

NFC West
Arizona, Scott Wedige, Undrafted 2012
SF, Jonathan Goodwin, 5th Round 2002
Seattle, Max Unger, 2nd Round 2009
St. Louis, Scott Wells, 7th Round 2004 by Green Bay

NFC North
Chicago, Roberto Garza, 4th Round 2001 by ATL
Detroit, Dominic Raiola, 2nd Round 2001
Green Bay, EDS, Undrafted 2009
Minnesota, John Sullivan, 6th Round 2008

NFC South
Atlanta, Todd McClure, 7th Round 1999
Carolina, Geoff Hangartner, 5th Round 2005
New Orleans, Brian De La Puente, Undrafted 2008
Tampa Bay, Ted Larson, 6th Round 2010

AFC

AFC East
Bufalo, David Snow, Undrafted 2011
Miami, Mike Pouncey, 1st Round 2011
New England, Ryan Wendell, Undrafted 2009
NYJ, Nick Mangold, 1st Round 2006

AFC West
Denver, Dan Koppen, 5th Round 2003
KC, Ryan Lilja, Undrafted 2004
Oakland, Stefan Wisniewski, 2nd Round 2011
San Diego, Nick Hardwick, 3rd Round 2004

AFC North
Baltimore, Gino Gradkowski, 4th Round 2012 (Birk retired)
Cincinnati, Kyle Cook, Undrafted 2007
Cleveland, Alex Mack, 1st Round 2009
Pittsburgh, Maurkice Pouncey, 1st Round 2010

AFC South
Houston, Chris Myers, 6th Round 2005
Indianapolis, A.Q. Shipley, 7th Round 2009
Jacksonville, Brad Meester, Undrafted 2000
Tennesee, Fernando Velasco, Undrafted 2008

[Patler]

Very interesting. That so many were undrafted is very surprising to me.

[woodbuck27]

Holy Smokes Carolina_Packer ...come on ...out with it!

You work for PFF:

https://www.profootballfocus.com/

It's awesome to have you aboard Packerrats.

Impressive posting Packer fan.

GO PACK GO !

[woodbuck27]

Comment woodbuck27:

Here's 'a good long read'... that thoroughly examines the latest trends (2008-2012 Seasons) in terms of QB pressures ...Sack's etc. explicitedly from a standpoint of the importance and value of the LT Vs RT defending the defensive rush and his QB.

This is another Pro Football Focus Report It's detailed/thorough in terms of it's analysis and as a result revealing/informative. After reading >>> You'll know alot of what you might feel a need to know about the value of the Packers LT and RT and protecting the ball and QB Aaron Rodgers:

Examining Pressure: Are Left Tackles Overvalued?

By: Steve Palazzolo ... 2013/04/29

Is the Blindside More Valuable to Protect?

https://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2013/04/29/examining-pressure-are-left-tackles-overvalued/2/

GO PACK GO !

[Guiness]

Very interesting. That so many were undrafted is very surprising to me.

It is - and amusing is that no team with a 1st round center and only one team with a 2nd round center made the playoffs! That settles it, I'm damn happy the Pack didn't take that Alabama center in the 2nd, they'd be doomed (lies, damn lies and statistics, right?)

Some nice creative work there Carolina_Packer!

[rbaloha1]

Bottom Line: EDS is a big upgrade over Saturday.

[Pugger]

Didn't Dallas just draft a C in the first last month...?

[MadScientist]

Didn't Dallas just draft a C in the first last month...?

Yes, but to be fair, they drafted a 3rd round center in the first.