Good to know rep.

I wanted to make my pick tonight. Any chance OTW and Mecca show, or will this be the first night in CP history where neither of them were on?

At almost the moment you posted this, I was in my FOURTH hour looking for one of my dogs, in a driving rain.

My wife was taking them for a walk, our Brittany saw a rabbit and bolted. Tore the leash right out of my wife's hand - she's NEVER done that before.

Anyway, there are really thick woods behind our house, and I was worried that she'd get hung up on her leash.

After four hours of looking around the woods, I was trying to get back up an embankment, slipped, and caught myself with my left hand - on a big-ass rock, with my thumb getting all my weight.

I've broken fingers before, and it doesn't feel broken - I'm thinking that I tore/ruptured a ligament where the thumb meets the palm. A 10:15 appointment this AM will hopefully give me some answers.

Luckily, right after the fall, I found the dog.

Unluckily, my golf game is likely on hold for a good chunk of the season, and my trip to the lake this month is shot.

:cuss:

For a supposed "defense poor" draft class, the Patriots just can't seem to get away from defensive players in this mock.

But even with the addition of Shawn Springs, the Pats are still ridiculously thin at CB.

So, the New England Patriots select:

Jairus Byrd, CB, Oregon

Easy pick here...the Colts select Eric Wood, C, Louisville

Didn't they draft like 3 centers last year?

Or are you expecting him to play guard?

Eh those guys were all very late picks and the offense really took a step back when they were playing. I think Wood plays center since Saturday isn't coming back and he fits their offensive system of more finesse than power and he's a smart guy, he's basically a Colts fit player.

There's only a couple other things they really have needs to draft at and Wood is the best value plus he protects their most important player so I went there.

It was him or a DT or a LB and I didn't like the value of those players at this pick.

Not knocking the pick, just curious.

Good point on the value issue.

The Quack-ification of the Pats continues....

I think those 2 Oregon players are tweeners so I'm not sure what they'll do at the NFL level.

Are you sure about Saturday not coming back?

http://www.indystar.com/article/2009...RTS03/90226054

Just sayin', ya know? I'm sure you want to make the pick with all your facts straight.

Glad you found your dog, OTW. I hope your thumb will be okay.

I'm hoping for big time busts (Chung takes awful angles and the Oregon secondary was pretty terrible this year against teams that could actually pass the ball) but, then, I'm biased. :)

Eh he's still older than balls and looked to really be declining last year, I still think it's the right pick for a team that needs to start replacing some aging offensive players.

I'll be back in an hour or so, to see if my pick is up.

Byrd is a playmaker and has good ball skills but his speed I'm not sure about he's always going to be a CB/S tweener unless you are a straight zone team because he really needs to be able to face the offense and see the ball.

Chung I don't even know what he is. He's basically built like a FS but plays and runs like a SS or a LB.