What would Kiper be?

[CoMoChief]

He's a big fake when it comes to the draft. No one knows whos gonna pick who usually after the first few picks and he thinks he knows all. Last season's draft I think he picked 4 out of 32 picks or something like that?

[leviw]

Originally Posted by BSPimpDude

He's a big fake when it comes to the draft. No one knows whos gonna pick who usually after the first few picks and he thinks he knows all. Last season's draft I think he picked 4 out of 32 picks or something like that?

Exactly. So who is a better analyst than him when it comes to the draft? It's not just about who gets who. It's about the players, what they have to offer, what the teams need, etc. He knows his stuff. Doesn't just get paid for his predictions and mocks.

[Skip Towne]

Originally Posted by leviw

Exactly. So who is a better analyst than him when it comes to the draft? It's not just about who gets who. It's about the players, what they have to offer, what the teams need, etc. He knows his stuff. Doesn't just get paid for his predictions and mocks.

Did he ever play the game at any level?

[jspchief]

Originally Posted by Skip Towne

Did he ever play the game at any level?

What difference does that make?

[Skip Towne]

Originally Posted by jspchief

What difference does that make?

Who said it makes a difference? I just want to know if he did.

[leviw]

Originally Posted by Skip Towne

Did he ever play the game at any level?

Nope. But Tim Grunhard has. Let's just leave it at that.

Kiper has worked in an NFL front office. He's got great contacts. He knows what's going on with the draft more so than anyone else not directly involved. I think that's a safe bet.

Originally Posted by leviw

Kiper has worked in an NFL front office. He's got great contacts. He knows what's going on with the draft more so than anyone else not directly involved. I think that's a safe bet.

Plus he drives GM products.

[blueballs]

he played pee wee ball

[jspchief]

Originally Posted by BSPimpDude

He's a big fake when it comes to the draft. No one knows whos gonna pick who usually after the first few picks and he thinks he knows all. Last season's draft I think he picked 4 out of 32 picks or something like that?

Obviously it's a big guessing game. All it takes a few unexpected moves to derail an entire mock draft. I don't Kiper claims to be any more than he is. He's generally on target on round projections, which is about the best anyone can do.

Here's a ranking of draft prognosticators for percentage of their top 100 that actually got picked in the top 100.

http://www.thehuddlereport.com/top100/index.shtml

Kiper doesn't exactly suck at it.

[hypersensitiveZO6]

Originally Posted by jspchief

Obviously it's a big guessing game. All it takes a few unexpected moves to derail an entire mock draft. I don't Kiper claims to be any more than he is. He's generally on target on round projections, which is about the best anyone can do.

Here's a ranking of draft prognosticators for percentage of their top 100 that actually got picked in the top 100.

http://www.thehuddlereport.com/top100/index.shtml

Kiper doesn't exactly suck at it.

ESPN needs this RICK GOSSELIN guy.

[jspchief]

Originally Posted by hyperliteZO6

ESPN needs this RICK GOSSELIN guy.

Rick Gosselin writes for the Dallas Morning News and IMO he's the most football-savvy sports reporter in the business. You should consider checking out his articles online. He writes good stuff.

And if he wanted to work for ESPN, he'd be there. My guess is he doesn't want to work for that joke of a station.

[hypersensitiveZO6]

Originally Posted by jspchief

Rick Gosselin writes for the Dallas Morning News and IMO he's the most football-savvy sports reporter in the business. You should consider checking out his articles online. He writes good stuff.

And if he wanted to work for ESPN, he'd be there. My guess is he doesn't want to work for that joke of a station.

Here's his mock this year.


1. Houston Reggie Bush
2. New Orleans Matt Leinart
3. Tennessee Jay Cutler
4. N.Y. Jets Mario Williams
5. Green Bay A.J. Hawk
6. San Francisco Vernon Davis
7. Oakland Vince Young
8. Buffalo D'Brickashaw Ferguson
9. Detroit Michael Huff
10. Arizona Haloti Ngata
11. St. Louis Jimmy Williams
12. Cleveland Brodrick Bunkley
13. Baltimore Jonathan Joseph
14. Philadelphia Ernie Sims
15. Denver Manny Lawson
16. Miami Winston Justice
17. Minnesota Chad Greenway
18. Dallas Santonio Holmes
19. San Diego Antonio Cromartie
20. Kansas City Tamba Hali
21. New England Bobby Carpenter
22. Denver Laurence Maroney
23. Tampa Bay John McCargo
24. Cincinnati Donte Whitner
25. N.Y. Giants DeAngelo Williams
26. Chicago Tye Hill
27. Carolina LenDale White
28. Jacksonville Ashton Youboty
29. N.Y. Jets Kamerion Wimbley
30. Indianapolis Joseph Addai
31. Seattle Chris Chester
32. Pittsburgh Jason Allen