Official 2017 NFL draft thread

[bobblehead]

That is complete bullshit.

My ex-wife hit me and I pulled back my fist to hit in the face and then I stopped. I realized I wouldn't allow her actions to turn my into something I would hate to be. I moved out of the house the next morning.

To excuse someone else's behavior is ridiculous. We always have the choice to make better decisions. Be a real man. Be better than people that behave like that woman was.

Don't read this as excusing what he did, but think. Your upbringing was likely night and day compared to Mixon. You got angry enough to pull your fist back. You weren't an 18 year old kid.

He was 100% wrong, but again, look at the circumstance. Blondie didn't like Mixon hitting on her. She taunted him. He lunged at her. She slapped him. He decked her. Its a very unfortunate escalation that he should be above, but he wasn't. He seems to have learned a lesson. Maybe he is a complete punk and has put on a good act since, but I believe he is a normal kid who did something incredibly stupid. I wouldn't be heartbroken if we grabbed him at the end of the 2nd or 3rd.

[smuggler]

Thank you bobblehead. Great post.

[Zool]

Eh, he's a new age guy. Trying to put women on equal footing. As far as I'm concerned, he made a reasonable response to heinous and overt racism. Compare his criminal history with Dalvin Cook. Then tell me which is the scumbag.

Holy shit, reasonable response? You do know that he walked into the place calling her friend a faggot first?

[pbmax]

Its a crime. Karma doesn't enter into it. And they weren't family. He was not hitting on her but taunting or insulting her friend outside. Most people do not react like that.

He later pulled a Moss with a parking attendant.

He has a lot to answer for and I am not impressed by the one statement I have seen that I would bet was drafted by his lawyers. He's been on the radio since, but I have not heard his interviews. He would need a LOT more acts of contrition before I would even consider changing my mind from thinking this is simply a checklist for a contract drive.

Money is a poor motivator for personal improvement.

Would still take him over Cook, who has a much worse track record.

[RashanGary]

Didn't know all the details. Yeah, it's worse than it looked on camera knowing those details.

I still have hope for him as a human being though. People get lost and people get found. So I'm still not gonna call him scum, but he deserves scrutiny for this, for sure. He earned that.

[red]

well, we brought the piece of shit in for a visit

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/04/02/packers-had-joe-mixon-in-for-a-visit/

guess we're that desperate to pay a RB less then 3 million a year that we are willing to look at the shit of the earth

[esoxx]

Well, no way they draft the POS now. TT never shows his hand like that. Diversionary tatic to bring him in.

[red]

good point

[pbmax]

They tend to bring in people they are thinking about grabbing later. So maybe they think this kid falls substantially?

[gbgary]

like i said before...he'll be gone before we pick anyway.

[wist43]

Guys I like so far...

Hassan Reddick, LB, Temple (would trade up if necessary to get him - would play him all over, but start him in the middle on "base" downs)
Zach Cunningham, OLB, Vanderbilt
DeMarcus Walker, DE, FSU
Carl Lawson, OLB, Auburn
Tanoh Kpassagnon, DE, Villanova
Jarrad Davis LB, Florida

Tons and Tons of depth in the front seven - be it DL, Edge, or LB. Gonna take some time to look thru them.

Gonna start looking at CB's now...

[RashanGary]

Guys I like so far...

Hassan Reddick, LB, Temple.

I like this guy too. Might take him a year or two before he's fully comfortable at ILB, but he'd rush the passer right away and make one or two big plays per game where his physicality makes the difference.

[Freak Out]

No way Reddick is there when we pick.

[wist43]

No way Reddick is there when we pick.

I don't think he'll be there either, but... if the various mocks I've been looking at are any indication, this is going to be one the most wide open and unpredictable first 2 rounds we've seen in a long time.

Some mocks have guys going in the top 10, others have them going in the late 1st round. It is a very deep draft at several positions and there is a lot of variance in opinion as to where teams have players ranked.

Hopefully Ted won't fuck it up with another "good football player".

As for Reddick - he isn't a Dom/TT kind of player anyway... Too short to be pencilled in on the outside, and they don't care enough about the ILB position to invest a 1st round pick in.

[Bretsky]

Guys I like so far...

Hassan Reddick, LB, Temple (would trade up if necessary to get him - would play him all over, but start him in the middle on "base" downs)
Zach Cunningham, OLB, Vanderbilt
DeMarcus Walker, DE, FSU
Carl Lawson, OLB, Auburn
Tanoh Kpassagnon, DE, Villanova
Jarrad Davis LB, Florida

Tons and Tons of depth in the front seven - be it DL, Edge, or LB. Gonna take some time to look thru them.

Gonna start looking at CB's now...

BADGER HATER !!! lol