GBN mock 1/25/09

[Mr. Laz]

2009 DRAFT PROJECTION

January 25, 2009

* Indicates underclassman

#	Team	Player	POS	School
1	Detroit	Matthew Stafford	QB	Georgia
2	St. Louis	Andre Smith	OT	Alabama
3	Kansas City	Aaron Curry	LB	Wake Forest
4	Seattle	Michael Crabtree	WR	Texas Tech
5	Cleveland	Aaron Maybin	DE/LB	Penn State
6	Cincinnati	Eugene Monroe	OT	Virginia
7	Oakland	Jason Smith	OT	Baylor
8	Jacksonville	Michael Oher	OT	Mississippi
9	Green Bay	B.J. Raji	DT	Boston College
10	San Francisco	Mark Sanchez	QB	Southern California
11	Buffalo	Everette Brown	DE	Florida State
12	Denver	Chris Wells	RB	Ohio State
13	Washington	Brian Orakpo	DE	Texas
14	New Orleans	Malcolm Jenkins	CB	Ohio State
15	Houston	Jeremy Maclin	WR	Missouri
16	San Diego	Rey Maualuga	LB	Southern California
17	New York Jets	Alphonso Smith	CB	Wake Forest
18	Chicago	D.J. Moore	CB	Vanderbilt
19	Tampa Bay	Percy Harvin	WR	Florida
20	Detroit (from Dallas)	James Laurinaitis	LB	Ohio State
21	Philadelphia	Knowshon Moreno	RB	Georgia
22	Minnesota	Vontae Davis	CB	Illinois
23	New England	Brian Cushing	LB	Southern California
24	Atlanta	Peria Jerry	DT	Mississippi
25	Miami	Michael Johnson	DE	Georgia Tech
26	Baltimore	Clint Sintim	LB	Virginia
27	Indianapolis	Sen'Derrick Marks	DT	Auburn
28	Philadelphia (from Carolina)	Eben Britton	OT	Arizona
29	New York Giants	Hakeem Nicks	WR	North Carolina
30	Tennessee	Brandon Pettigrew	TE	Oklahoma State
31	Arizona	LeSean McCoy	RB	Pittsburgh
32	Pittsburgh	Duke Robinson	OG	Oklahoma

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[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Chiefnj2

You proved my point. You had several athletes in that draft who were top talents and all worth the mythical 3,000 points. The chart doesn't take that into account.

No, he didn't.

Hindsight is 20/20. That's like saying that knowing what we all know, Tom Brady would STILL have been a 6th round pick.

There's HAS to be value assigned to each beyond the monetary compensation.

Otherwise, what's the purpose?

[OnTheWarpath15]

Originally Posted by Chiefnj2

If the Raiders gave up the first and made a deal that was 200 points short, the media and fans would have cried - bad move the "chart" said we are idiots and are 200 points short. In reality all that matters is whether or not your picks pan out. Whether you came up 200 points short, or made a great deal where you got 600 extra points - doesn't matter one bit unless you hit on the picks.

Saying someone came out ahead or behind because of the value chart is like grading the draft on the day of the draft.

Uh, those points EQUAL picks.

So getting shorted 200 points means you're missing out on another chance to pick a talented player in the 2nd round.

You're right, you have to HIT on the picks, but it's ridiculous to say you wouldn't want as many chances as possible.

Why pay $5 for $1 worth of lottery tickets?

[Mecca]

Is NJ arguing about the value chart again?

[ChiefsCountry]

Originally Posted by Mecca

Is NJ arguing about the value chart again?

Yep

[Mecca]

NJ has basically told us, he doesn't like QB's unless they without a shadow of a doubt meet all these weird statistical breakdowns and he also doesn't like the value chart because he wants to trade down just to well trade down..

Boy he'd be a great GM.