Official 2007 Live Draft Thread

[The Leaper]

Very, very, very underwhelming draft.

Big bunch of "so what".

This makes me feel great. You said the same thing last year Wist...and the draft turned out to be a pretty good one.

[Lurker64]

They already have 7 picks tomorrow. If TT trades tomorrow, it will be up, not down.

We have six. One fourth, one fifth, two sixths, and two sevenths.

[mission2]

bring mom in to cook, add 15 pounds and play rouse at OLB...

im sorry, i have this ahmad carroll-ish despise for poppinga for some reason

[Bretsky]

I liked Harrell coming into the draft, but I was surprised we drafted him. I was big on Brandon Jackson. I also liked Aaron Rouse. I can't say that I'm thrilled with where we got the guys, but they are three guys that I researched and I had bumped all three higher in my rankings most of the "experts" had them. I feel good about that.


My initial thoughts on James Jones are not very positive.

MY DT RANKINGS

1. AMOBI OKOYE
2. JUSTIN HARRELL (most had him 3rd)
3. ALAN BRANCH
4. QUINN PITCOCK
5. BRANDON MEBANE
6. DEMARCUS TYLER
7. MARCUS THOMAS
8. RAY McDONALD
9. TURK McBRIDE
10. KAREEM BROWN
11. DEREK LANDRI
12. ANTONIO JOHNSON

MY RB RANKINGS

1. ADRIAN PETERSON
2. MARSHAWN LYNCH
3. ANTONIO PITTMAN
4. KENNY IRONS
5. BRIAN LEONARD
6. BRANDON JACKSON (higher than most)
7. DARIUS WALKER
8. TONY HUNT
9. MICHAEL BUSH
10. KOLBY SMITH
11. CHRIS HENRY
12. DESHAWN WYNN
13. LORENZO BOOKER

MY S RANKINGS

1. LARON LANDRY
2. REGGIE NELSON
3. MICHAEL GRIFFIN
4. ERIC WEDDLE
5. BRANDON MERIWEATHER
6. AARON ROUSE (higher than most)
7. TANARD JACKSON
8. SABBY PISCITELLI
9. JOSH GATTIS
10. JOHN WENDLING

Outside of James Jones, I might be the only guy kind of happy with this draft. I wish we got somebody other than James Jones. Randy Moss would have been better.

I'm "OK" with this draft. But I didn't like the Jones pick either; seemed like the one real reach.

Adding Patrick or Chandler tomorrow might be a good idea as well. And I'd bet TT trades down again at least once.

I think the Patriots are going to end up with Moss

[ahaha]

What happened with that New England pick? They traded to the Raiders, I thought for sure that was a Moss deal. ESPN hasn't said anything about it though.

[RashanGary]

What's the sound?? Do you guys hear it? It's like a buzzing..No wait, it's a horn.

Hey, that's Harvey tooting his own horn :P

[Packnut]

Offense

Liquor store had the radio on and I heard someone on the Score make a joke about how Favre got no help. The following sums it up. I expect to see a lot of D's on tomorrow's draft scorecards from around the country.



You have to wonder where Packers coach Mike McCarthy is going to get his scoring from this year.

It's not going to be from wide receiver James Jones, the club's first third-round pick. Jones is clearly someone who won't run by defensive backs and stretch the field. Unless he has the kind of savvy Antonio Freeman had when he came in as a rookie, Jones isn't going to break the lineup.

Not with a 4.6-second, 40-yard dash time.

It's almost as though Thompson is approaching this draft as though he expects Randy Moss to be on his football team. Perhaps that's the case, but if it isn't he's lacking the playmakers that win championships. Needing a lot of help on offense, he has come out of this draft with nothing special.

Offensive coordinator Joe Philbin said the 207-pound Jones is a big, strong receiver who can run over people, but he couldn't say for sure he was someone who could contribute right away.

"He's a real football player," Philbin said. "He's good after the catch. He has excellent hands. He's a productive player. We thought overall he was a very good player."

Notice Philbin didn't say anything about his speed.

[Merlin]

I love how fans forget what a player has contributed. Heron has done what? Stepped up every time we asked him to, that's all. Pedestrian, maybe. Johnson hasn't even taken a snap in the NFL and you think he's automatically better. Nice logic.

one game. he's the standard just a guy. If a 2nd rounder is not better than it was a very bad pick.

Heron has played more then one game. He has shown he can be a good relief back. When you run a scheme of RB by committee, Heron fits that nicely. Johnson was a good pick but just because he was taken in the 2nd round doesn't mean he is automatically better. If that's the logic you are using then isn't Rodgers automatically better then Favre because he was taken in the 1st and Favre in the 2nd? This is just the same argument I have with people last year over Hawk vs. Barnett. I am not going there.

[Partial]

What happened with that New England pick? They traded to the Raiders, I thought for sure that was a Moss deal. ESPN hasn't said anything about it though.

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[Merlin]

2. JUSTIN HARRELL (most had him 3rd)

I was burned at the stake for saying he was a 3rd rounder so you must be mistaken when you say that most had him in the 3rd.

[RashanGary]

2. JUSTIN HARRELL (most had him 3rd)

I was burned at the stake for saying he was a 3rd rounder so you must be mistaken when you say that most had him in the 3rd.

Most had him as the 3rd best DT PERIOD...

Not 3rd rounder.

[Bretsky]

I love how fans forget what a player has contributed. Heron has done what? Stepped up every time we asked him to, that's all. Pedestrian, maybe. Johnson hasn't even taken a snap in the NFL and you think he's automatically better. Nice logic.

one game. he's the standard just a guy. If a 2nd rounder is not better than it was a very bad pick.

Heron has played more then one game. He has shown he can be a good relief back. When you run a scheme of RB by committee, Heron fits that nicely. Johnson was a good pick but just because he was taken in the 2nd round doesn't mean he is automatically better. If that's the logic you are using then isn't Rodgers automatically better then Favre because he was taken in the 1st and Favre in the 2nd? This is just the same argument I have with people last year over Hawk vs. Barnett. I am not going there.

What kind of talent do you really think Herron has ? I can't believe we're even debating this. He looked solid in one game and was undrafted. He doesn't have a lot of ability. This has nothing to do with Rodgers/Favre.....Hawk/Barnett

Noah Herron just isn't that good.

[Merlin]

Then there aren't very many healthy good DT's this year I am guessing.

[Charles Woodson]

hmm intersting pick by the bears,

Garrett wolfe

[Packnut]

JSO

And another blurb from Silverstein:



You don't take a safety in the third round without thinking he has a chance to play right away.

In Virginia Tech strongman Aaron Rouse, the club has someone faster, stronger and bigger than the fading Manuel. However, Rouse isn't the kind of instinctive player who can take over the position right away.

In fact, it might be a nightmare to have him lined up with Nick Collins, whose poor angles and occassional mental lapses sometimes overshadow his outstanding physical skills. Rouse is a stiff player with good measurables and excellent speed.

General manager Ted Thompson is coming to the media auditorium to address the draft as a whole.