NFL Draft

[OzzyKP]

OK, the draft is a little over a week away. What is the word on the street?

Who are the top prospects and who is gonna get them?

I don't know much, but I know the Lions get 2nd pick, so I hope we get someone damn good to compliment Joey Harrington so hopefully we won't be the crappiest team in the NFL anymore.

[Wtiberon]

QB:
Brad Banks, Iowa
Carson Palmer, USC
Kyle Boller, Cal
Dave Ragone, Louisville
Brooks Bollinger, Wisconsin
Chris Simms, Texas
Rex Grossman, Florida
Seneca Wallace, Iowa St.
Byron Leftwich, Marshall
RB:
Chris Brown, Colorado
Musa Smith, Georgia
Justin Fargas, USC
Onterrio Smith, Oregon
Larry Johnson, Penn State
Lee Suggs, Virginia Tech
Willis McGahee, Miami
WR:
Anquan Boldin, Florida State
Andre Johnson, Miami
Tyrone Calico, Middle Tennessee State
Bryant Johnson, Penn State
Kevin Curtis, Utah State
Charles Rogers, Michigan State
Talman Gardner, Florida State
Kelley Washington, Tennessee
Taylor Jacobs, Florida
TE:
Dallas Clark, Iowa
Robert Johnson, Auburn
Mike Pinkard, Arizona State
Trent Smith, Oklahoma
Ben Joppru, Michigan
Jason Witten, Tennessee
George Wrighster, Oregon
OL:
Jordan Gross, Utah
Derrick Dockery, Texas
Jeff Faine, Notre Dame
Kwame Harris, Stanford
Vince Manuwai, Hawaii
Al Johnson, Wisconsin
Wayne Hunter, Hawaii
Torrin Tucker, So. Miss.
Bruce Nelson, Iowa
Brett Williams, FSU
Eric Steinbach, Iowa
DL:
Jerome McDougle, Miami
William Joseph, Miami
Dewayne Robertson, Kentucky
Jimmy Kennedy, Penn State
Terrell Suggs, Arizona State
Rien Long, Washington State
Kevin Williams, Oklahoma State
Johnathan Sullivan, Georgia
LB:
Boss Bailey, Georgia
Mario Haggan, Mississippi State
Gerald Hayes, Pittsburgh
E.J. Henderson, Maryland
Bradie James, LSU
Mike Nattiel, Florida
Terry Pierce, Kansas State
DB:
Terence Newman, Kansas St.
Mike Doss, Ohio St.
Marcus Trufant, Washington St.
Ken Hamlin, Arkansas
Dennis Weathersby, Oregon St.
Rashean Mathis, Bethune-Cookman
Andre Woolfolk, Oklahoma
Troy Polamalu, USC

These are the top picks Cinncinati has the first pick and Lions the second I think...who would you take?

[OzzyKP]

Well we've got a good QB now, I think we need some good receivers for him to throw to.

[Jac de Molay]

I think they're looking at Charles Rogers from MSU, who's a tall receiver with excellent speed. I read in the Freep they had a "backup" pick of another WR, but I forgot who.

[OzzyKP]

Yea, i saw that at detroitlions.com, I hope he gets picked, it'll be good to get more local boys on the team. The team site also mentioned a receiver from GVSU. While he's from division 2, he still broke a lot of records and won the championship last year. Maybe they can pick him up in a later round.

Two Michigan picks would be great.

The article I read about Rogers suggested Cinnicinatti might pick him first in order to trade him. Lets hope they don't do that.

[jdd2007]

whoever the bengals pick, you can be sure they will still suck this year

[OzzyKP]

Didn't the Bengals go to the superbowl sometime in the last 20 years?

More than can be said about the Lions....

[Zopperoni]

Originally posted by OzzyKP
Didn't the Bengals go to the superbowl sometime in the last 20 years?

Yea...but they faced the worst possible opponent: San Francisco 49'ers.

Cincinnatti are considering three players: QBs Carson Palmer and Byron Leftwich, and CB Terence Newman.

Detroit will probably pick Charlie Rogers yea...

[Jac de Molay]

At least the bengals have won more than one playoff game in the past 40+ years. I think the lions won their only playoff game in '91 since the 1950s

I pity the fool that gets picked up by the bengals, though. They've squandered so many good draft picks, they make detroit look respectable by comparison- no mean feat.

[OzzyKP]

Zopperoni, your avatar is disturbing.

[SlowwHand]

With the 5th pick in the 2003 NFL draft, the Dallas Cowboys select: Terence Newman, CB, Kansas St.

[SuperSneak]

Detroit needs so many key positions filled...they've GOT to get an RB or WR that is an instant pro. That means RB, usually, but I wouldn't underestimate the value of a good WR either. Tougher to pick them up through free agence it seems.
It would be interesting to see two former Duck stars on the Lions.

[Wtiberon]

I think detroit just filled its most needed position...Head Coach.

If my Giants didn't already have a good coach in Jim Fassel, Mariucci would be at the top of my wish list. Plus the fact they have two potentially great Quarterbacks...Mike Mcmahon and Joey Harrington. Of course they don't have much else but its a start

My Giants I think are pretty set perhaps some gaps in the Defense and Offensive line and thats really it. So Look for them to take the NFC east this year.

[yavoon]

long snapper?

=D

[Wtiberon]

You hurt me Yavoon....you hurt me bad.