It’s the Final Mock Draft!

…..the final Mock Draft!

Yep, not kidding. This is it. I’m not going to do like four in a matter of six days or something ridiculous like that. I have a job and a life (sort of) outside of this blog. I also know things may change on the day of the draft (or more like opening day of the draft). Nothing I can do about that. Let the experts deal with it. Between ESPN and the NFL Network there has to be about 70 mock drafts ready to go in the half hour before the draft begins. So without further adieu, let’s get to l’ébauche finale:

First Round

1	Chicago	Caleb Williams, QB (USC)
2	Washington	Jayden Daniels, QB (LSU)
3	New England	Drake Maye, QB (North Carolina)
4	Arizona	Marvin Harrison Jr., WR (Ohio State)
5	LA Chargers	Malik Nabers, WR (LSU)
6	NY Giants	Dallas Turner, EDGE (Alabama)
7	Tennessee	Terrion Arnold, CB (Alabama)
8	Atlanta	J.J. McCarthy, QB (Michigan)
9	Chicago	Laiatu Latu, EDGE (UCLA)
10	NY Jets	Joe Alt, OT (Notre Dame)
11	Minnesota	Bo Nix, QB (Oregon)
12	Denver	Brock Bowers, TE (Georgia)
13	Las Vegas	Olu Fashanu, OT (Penn State)
14	New Orleans	Rome Odunze, WR (Washington)
15	Indianapolis	Quinyon Mitchell, CB (Toledo)
16	Seattle	Troy Fautanu, G (Washington)
17	Jacksonville	Taliese Fuaga, OT (Oregon State)
18	Cincinnati	J.C. Latham, OT (Alabama)
19	LA Rams	Kool-Aid McKinstry, CB (Alabama)
20	Pittsburgh	Byron Murphy II, DT (Texas)
21	Miami	Jer’Zhan Newton, DT (Illinois)
22	Philadelphia	Jared Verse, DE (Florida State)
23	Minnesota	Chop Robinson, EDGE (Penn State)
24	Dallas	Amarius Mims, OT (Georgia)
25	Green Bay	Cooper DeJean, S (Iowa)
26	Tampa Bay	Michael Penix Jr., QB (Washington)
27	Arizona	Darius Robinson, EDGE (Minnesota)
28	Buffalo	Brian Thomas Jr., WR (LSU)
29	Detroit	Jackson Powers-Johnson, G (Oregon)
30	Baltimore	Graham Barton, G (Duke)
31	San Francisco	Tyler Guyton, OT (Oklahoma)
32	Kansas City	Jordan Morgan, OT (Arizona)

Second Round

33	Carolina	Xavier Legette, WR (South Carolina)
34	New England	Kingsley Suamataia, OT (BYU)
35	Arizona	Nate Wiggins, CB (Clemson)
36	Washington	Zach Frazier, C (West Virginia)
37	LA Chargers	T.J. Tampa, CB (Iowa State)
38	Tennessee	Patrick Paul, OT (Houston)
39	Carolina	Ennis Rakestraw Jr., CB (Missouri)
40	Washington	Troy Franklin, WR (Oregon)
41	Green Bay	Chris Braswell, EDGE (Alabama)
42	Houston	Ruke Orhorhoro, DT (Clemson)
43	Atlanta	Ladd McConkey, WR (Georgia)
44	Las Vegas	Christian Haynes, G (UConn)
45	New Orleans	Marshawn Kneeland, EDGE (Western Michigan)
46	Indianapolis	Xavier Worthy, WR (Texas)
47	NY Giants	Cooper Beebe, G (Kansas State)
48	Jacksonville	Adonai Mitchell, WR (Texas)
49	Cincinnati	T’Vondre Sweat, DT (Texas)
50	Philadelphia	Kamari Lassiter, CB (Georgia)
51	Pittsburgh	Edgerrin Cooper, LB (Texas A&M)
52	LA Rams	Kamren Kinchens, S (Miami)
53	Philadelphia	Ricky Pearsall, WR (Florida)
54	Cleveland	Michael Hall Jr., DT (Ohio State)
55	Miami	Keon Coleman, WR (Florida State)
56	Dallas	Trey Benson, RB (Florida State)
57	Tampa Bay	Ja’Lynn Polk, WR (Washington)
58	Green Bay	Sedrick Van Pran, C (Georgia)
59	Houston	Cam Hart, CB (Notre Dame)
60	Buffalo	Kris Jenkins, DT (Michigan)
61	Detroit	Javon Bullard, CB (Georgia)
62	Baltimore	Roman Wilson, WR (Michigan)
63	San Francisco	Austin Booker, DE (Kansas)
64	Kansas City	Braden Fiske, DT (Florida State)

Third Round

65	Carolina	Cedric Gray, LB (North Carolina)
66	Arizona	Payton Wilson, LB (NC State)
67	Washington	Bralen Trice, EDGE (Washington)
68	New England	Jonathan Brooks, RB (Texas)
69	LA Chargers	Ja’Tavion Sanders, TE (Texas)
70	NY Giants	Caelan Carson, CB (Wake Forest)
71	Arizona	Leonard Taylor III, DT (Miami)
72	NY Jets	Tyler Nubin, S (Minnesota)
73	Detroit	Adisa Isaac, EDGE (Penn State)
74	Atlanta	Brandon Dorius, EDGE (Oregon)
75	Chicago	Christian Mahogany, G (Boston College)
76	Denver	DeWayne Carter, DT (Duke)
77	Las Vegas	Mike Sainristil, CB (Michigan)
78	Washington	Junior Colson, LB (Michigan)
79	Atlanta	Justin Egoigbe, DT (Alabama)
80	Cincinnati	Max Melton, CB (Rutgers)
81	Seattle	Tommy Eichenberg, LB (Ohio State)
82	Indianapolis	Calen Bullock, S (USC)
83	LA Rams	Spencer Rattler, QB (South Carolina)
84	Pittsburgh	Roger Rosengarten, OT (Washington)
85	Cleveland	Kiran Amedagije, OT (Yale)
86	Houston	Malachi Corley, WR (WKU)
87	Dallas	Jermaine Burton, WR (Alabama)
88	Green Bay	Blake Fisher, OT (Notre Dame)
89	Tampa Bay	Cole Bishop, S (Utah)
90	Arizona	Zak Zinter, G (Michigan)
91	Green Bay	Nehemiah Pritchett, CB (Auburn)
92	Tampa Bay	Javion Cohen, G (Miami)
93	Baltimore	Jaylen Wright, RB (Tennessee)
94	Kansas City	Blake Corum, RB (Michigan)
95	San Francisco	Elijah Jones, CB (Boston College)
96	Jacksonville	Kris Abrams-Draine, CB (Missouri)
97	Cincinnati	Johnny Wilson, WR (Florida State)
98	Pittsburgh	Jonah Ellliss, LB (Utah)
99	LA Rams	Jalyx Hunt, EDGE (Houston Christian)
100	Washington	Jalen McMillan, WR (Washington)

There are some strong opinions out there about this draft (like every draft) so let’s go through a few of them:

• The Vikings are going to trade up. This is a likely option but I don’t put trades in my mock drafts because I think dreaming up the trade packages would be insane. Saying that, I wouldn’t be surprised if they traded up to #4 or #5 to get J.J. McCarthy.
• The Cardinals are fielding a lot of trade offers. The top three picks are mostly set even though Drake Maye and Jayden Daniels seem to flip-flop in the second and third spots. The Cards are probably fielding a few offers but not as many as some might think. It will take a lot for them to trade down as they know they would get, arguably, the best overall player of the draft at a position they need.
• The Giants might be the toughest to figure out in the Top 10. Absolutely. They have all sorts of needs so there are probably 10-12 players on their board that they could conceivably take. I still like Dallas Turner at that spot but Terrion Arnold, Laiatu Latu, Brock Bowers, Quinyon Marshall and, hell, even Bo Nix could be picked at #6 by the Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-Men (done in extreme Chris Berman voice).
• If Brock Bowers isn’t picked Top 10 he will fall…FAR. I don’t think so. The Broncos, Colts, Bengals and Dolphins might all take a gander at the big man if he is still sitting in the back room after the tenth pick (which I think he will be).

Other than that there are questions that mostly don’t have answers at this point. Like will the Bills make a surprising leap up the draft now that Stefon Diggs has been dealt? Is Michael Penix Jr. poised to have the biggest leap up the draft boards in the past couple months? Will there be actual players involved in any of the trades over the next few days? It’s a crapshoot and not my expertise so I will steer clear of most of those questions (possibly, possibly and probably are my answers).

Reminder that the draft starts tonight at 8:00 and is emanating from Detroit. Moving the draft around has been fun so let’s see what it’s like in the Motor City. As per usual, ESPN and NFL Network will be doing the entire draft…all seven rounds. I have the ESPN draft pick is in ringtone on my phone but I am still debating which network to watch, at least for night one. I have leaned NFL Network in the past but I have done both over the past decade. It’s a game-time decision.

Finally, on the Twitter Machine (fuck you, Elon) I will be live-tweeting at least the first round and am hoping to do ALL SEVEN this year. Can I do it? Who the fuck knows. Around halfway through round five is where things usually go off the rails and I might struggle to keep going at that point. I mean I will but who knows if I will be posting tweets at that point or semi-conscious, staring at the bag of pretzels on my desk and wondering about important questions in life like “Would Nathan Peterman be successful in the CFL?”

Anyway, enjoy the draft, however much you watch of it.

Time for Mock Draft 3.A.0-5

The A stands for April. Or Awesome. Or Asshole. Whatever.

Mock draft time! And it’s three glorious rounds of (probably) incorrect picks. Lovin’ it! Let’s go!

First Round

1	Chicago	Caleb Williams, QB (USC)
2	Washington	Drake Maye, QB (North Carolina)
3	New England	Jayden Daniels, QB (LSU)
4	Arizona	Marvin Harrison Jr., WR (Ohio State)
5	LA Chargers	Quinyon Mitchell, CB (Toledo)
6	NY Giants	Dallas Turner, EDGE (Alabama)
7	Tennessee	Olu Fashanu, OT (Penn State)
8	Atlanta	Malik Nabers, WR (LSU)
9	Chicago	Rome Odunze, WR (Washington)
10	NY Jets	Joe Alt, OT (Notre Dame)
11	Minnesota	Laiatu Latu, DE (UCLA)
12	Denver	Terrion Arnold, CB (Alabama)
13	Las Vegas	Nate Wiggins, CB (Clemson)
14	New Orleans	Jared Verse, DE (Florida State)
15	Indianapolis	Brian Thomas Jr., WR (LSU)
16	Seattle	J.J. McCarthy, QB (LSU)
17	Jacksonville	Jackson Powers-Johnson, OG (Oregon)
18	Cincinnati	Brock Bowers, TE (Georgia)
19	LA Rams	Bo Nix, QB (Oregon)
20	Pittsburgh	Troy Fautanu, OG (Washington)
21	Miami	Cooper DeJean, S (Iowa)
22	Philadelphia	Adonai Mitchell, WR (Texas)
23	Minnesota	Chop Robinson, EDGE (Penn State)
24	Dallas	Taliese Fuaga, OT (Oregon State)
25	Green Bay	J.C. Latham, OT (Alabama)
26	Tampa Bay	Xavier Worthy, WR (Texas)
27	Arizona	Kool-Aid McKinstry, CB (Alabama)
28	Buffalo	Jer’Zhan Newton, DT (Illinois)
29	Detroit	Byron Murphy II, DT (Texas)
30	Baltimore	Kamari Lassiter, CB (Georgia)
31	San Francisco	Amarius Mims, OT (Georgia)
32	Kansas City	Tyler Guyton, OT (Oklahoma)

Second Round

33	Carolina	Zach Frazier, C (West Virginia)
34	New England	Jordan Morgan, OT (Arizona)
35	Arizona	Darius Robinson, EDGE (Minnesota)
36	Washington	Xavier Legette, WR (South Carolina)
37	LA Chargers	Michael Hall Jr., DT (Ohio State)
38	Tennessee	T.J. Tampa, CB (Iowa State)
39	Carolina	Keon Coleman, WR (Florida State)
40	Washington	Graham Barton, OG (Duke)
41	Green Bay	Tyler Nubin, S (Minnesota)
42	Houston	Chris Braswell, EDGE (Alabama)
43	Atlanta	Michael Penix Jr., QB (Washington)
44	Las Vegas	Kingsley Suamataia, OT (BYU)
45	New Orleans	Ladd McConkey, WR (Georgia)
46	Indianapolis	Kamren Kinchens, S (Miami)
47	NY Giants	Ennis Rakestraw Jr., CB (Missouri)
48	Jacksonville	Patrick Paul, OT (Houston)
49	Cincinnati	Troy Franklin, WR (Oregon)
50	Philadelphia	Edgerrin Cooper, LB (Texas A&M)
51	Pittsburgh	T’Vondre Sweat, DT (Texas)
52	LA Rams	Bralen Trice, EDGE (Washington)
53	Philadelphia	Marshawn Kneeland, EDGE (Western Michigan)
54	Cleveland	Ruke Orhorhoro, DT (Clemson)
55	Miami	Ja’Lynn Polk, WR (Washington)
56	Dallas	Trey Benson, RB (Florida State)
57	Tampa Bay	Adisa Isaac, EDGE (Penn State)
58	Green Bay	Cooper Beebe, OG (Kansas State)
59	Houston	Malachi Corley, WR (WKU)
60	Buffalo	Max Melton, CB (Rutgers)
61	Detroit	Christian Haynes, OG (UConn)
62	Baltimore	Roman Wilson, WR (Michigan)
63	San Francisco	Brandon Dorius, EDGE (Oregon)
64	Kansas City	Jalen McMillan, WR (Washington)

Third Round

65	Carolina	Cedric Gray, LB (North Carolina)
66	Arizona	Sedrick Van Pran, C (Georgia)
67	Washington	Payton Wilson, LB (NC State)
68	New England	Ricky Pearsall, WR (Florida)
69	LA Chargers	Ben Sinnott, TE (Kansas State)
70	NY Giants	Kris Jenkins, DT (Michigan)
71	Arizona	Leonard Taylor III, DT (Miami)
72	NY Jets	Devontez Walker, WR (North Carolina)
73	Detroit	Caelan Carson, CB (Wake Forest)
74	Atlanta	Cam Hart, CB (Notre Dame)
75	Chicago	Ja’Tavion Sanders, TE (Texas)
76	Denver	Javon Bullard, CB (Georgia)
77	Las Vegas	Jonathon Brooks, RB (Texas)
78	Washington	Austin Booker, DE (Kansas)
79	Atlanta	Braden Fiske, DT (Florida State)
80	Cincinnati	Kiran Amedagije, OT (Yale)
81	Seattle	Christian Mahogany, OG (Boston College)
82	Indianapolis	Mike Sainristil, CB (Michigan)
83	LA Rams	D.J. James, CB (Auburn)
84	Pittsburgh	Roger Rosengarten, OT (Washington)
85	Cleveland	Junior Colson, LB (Michigan)
86	Houston	Kris Abrams-Draine, CB (Missouri)
87	Dallas	Renardo Green, CB (Florida State)
88	Green Bay	Khyree Jackson, CB (Oregon)
89	Tampa Bay	Beau Brade, S (Maryland)
90	Arizona	Andru Phillips, CB (Kentucky)
91	Green Bay	Jalyx Hunt, EDGE (Houston Christian)
92	Tampa Bay	Dominick Puni, OG (Kansas)
93	Baltimore	McKinnley Jackson, DT (Texas A&M)
94	Kansas City	Braelon Allen, RB (Wisconsin)
95	San Francisco	Kalen King, CB (Penn State)
96	Jacksonville	Johnny Wilson, WR (Florida State)
97	Cincinnati	Josh Newton, CB (TCU)
98	Pittsburgh	Jeremiah Trotter Jr., LB (Clemson)
99	LA Rams	Calen Bullock, S (USC)
100	Washington	James Williams, S (Miami)

The top few picks seem set in stone. Maybe on in that specific order but those top four will, most likely, be the top four come draft night. As for some of the other picks, man there were some huge drops. Like Kris Jenkins. Only a few weeks ago, a fair amount of mocks had him in the first round. I don’t think he’s even being considered as a first rounder anymore. Almost the same with Byron Murphy II. I had him going fifth to the Chargers which may have been a bit high in retrospect. But for him to drop to almost completely out of the first round is an alarming drop. Sometimes it’s fairly easy to find out what has happened to lower a potential draftee’s stock and sometimes…well, sometimes who the hell knows. It just happens.

Potential Draft Day Trades

OK so these would include trades coming up toward the draft as well, not just the ones on draft opening night. And no, I can’t see the Bears or the Commanders trading their picks so let’s start with the #3 pick.

New England (#3) – Chances of the Patriots trading this pick are slim but considering the haul that some teams have received for a top 3 pick in NFL history, the right package might come along to entice them to trade down. I have a feeling it would take at least two first-rounders, two second-rounders, and at least one other pick.

NY Giants (#6) – Probably the highest pick with true potential to be dealt is the Giants at #6. The Giants desperately need help on both lines but there are a few options available meaning they could trade down a few spots and still get one of the guys they covet. A first-round pick swap would have to happen and the team trading with the G-Men couldn’t be far below the #16 spot for this to work. Other picks would come the Giants way as well.

Tennessee (#7) – This becomes a possibility if the Patriots trade down. The reason is, one of Drake Maye or Jayden Daniels would be available and there are a few teams that would love to trade up to get one of the two. That includes the Falcons, Vikings, Broncos and Raiders. Knowing that, the Titans could get a larger pick haul than the Giants even though the pick would be later.

NY Jets (#10) – The Jets are hoping that Aaron Rodgers will be healthy this year. And to help with that, they want an offensive lineman desperately. The hope is that one of Olu Fashanu or Joe Alt fall to them. If neither of them are available, I would fully expect the Jets to shop the pick and they could drop a fair way if they wanted to.

The Vikings feel like the most likely pick to move up since, for some reason, many are saying they really want J.J. McCarthy. I think it would be crazy to trade up because I think McCarthy, at least at this point, would be available to the Vikings at #11. Maybe I’m wrong with that. They would most likely just trade picks but they have one bargaining chip that some teams might not be able to ignore: Justin Jefferson. If the Vikings can’t extend Double J, then they might include him in a trade to see what they could get. Arizona would be a trading partner if (and only if) this was a possibility.

In non-draft news, the UFL has commenced their season. Not exactly a ton of fans for a couple of these games but some wacky shit happened. Jake Bates hit a 64-yard field goal to help his Michigan Stags beat St. Louis. Funny enough, it was on the same uprights that Justin Tucker kicked his NFL-record 67-yarder to beat the Lions a couple years ago. Then you had San Antonio punter Brad Wing throwing a 40-yard touchdown pass on 4th and 11 to the team’s centre Alex Mollette. So at least it’s entertaining, you have to give it that. And it’s football. A tiny appetizer before the CFL, then college football, then NFL season starts. So embrace it. Or don’t. I don’t care. I realize March Madness was on this past weekend so I can see why people might not watch.

OK I will do one more mock draft closer to actual draft day (which starts April 25th). And even then, most of my picks will be wrong. At least I can take solace in the fact that I will have close to the same record as the so-called experts have.

The college schedule is coming into form. It’s kind of tough with the changes coming up this season so for good parts of the schedule I have nothing to compare it to. So we shall see how that goes when I start doing my most important game posts. Anyway, I hope you all had a great Easter long weekend and have a great first week of April.

The ALL-NEW Mock NFL Draft Version 2 Dash 2024 along with a look-back

That intro sounds like when The (Big Money!) Match Game 1976 would air on Game Show Network. Why did they need to put the year in? When people were watching it live, were they so fucking stoned that they had to be reminded what year it was?

Anyway, I am starting this post a couple days after Selection Sunday. Now I am not an avid college basketball watcher but I know they screwed some of these picks up. And remember, when a conference gets a team in, they get more money. That’s important. The ACC got five teams in and Virginia was one of them and they may be one of the worst at-large choices ever. A few teams that were left out, most notably Oklahoma and Indiana State, were, by most metrics, better choices. But the ACC is THE big basketball brand and only having four teams in would look disastrous. Fully deserved, mind you. But still disastrous. Luckily, I don’t care as much as I do with college football but these tournament committees are fucking terrible in every sport.

Let’s get to the root of this post: the next mock draft. I know…two mock drafts before the end of March? Haven’t done that in quite a while. And, of course, quite a bit changed thanks to the Kreepy Kombine and scouts changing their minds as much as they change their underwear (so about once every four days). Here’s the newest mock draft, now expanded to two rounds for your pleasure.

First Round

1	Chicago	Caleb Williams, QB (USC)
2	Washington	Drake Maye, QB (North Carolina)
3	New England	Jayden Daniels, QB (LSU)
4	Arizona	Marvin Harrison Jr., WR (Ohio State)
5	LA Chargers	Byron Murphy II, DT (Texas)
6	NY Giants	Dallas Turner, EDGE (Alabama)
7	Tennessee	Joe Alt, OT (Notre Dame)
8	Atlanta	Malik Nabers, WR (LSU)
9	Chicago	Rome Odunze, WR (Washington)
10	NY Jets	Olu Fashanu, OT (Penn State)
11	Minnesota	Laiatu Latu, DE (UCLA)
12	Denver	Jared Verse, DE (Florida State)
13	Las Vegas	Quinyon Mitchell, CB (Toledo)
14	New Orleans	Brian Thomas Jr., WR (LSU)
15	Indianapolis	Nate Wiggins, CB (Clemson)
16	Seattle	Bo Nix, QB (Oregon)
17	Jacksonville	Terrion Arnold, CB (Alabama)
18	Cincinnati	Brock Bowers, TE (Georgia)
19	LA Rams	Cooper DeJean, S (Iowa)
20	Pittsburgh	Troy Fautanu, OG (Washington)
21	Miami	Kris Jenkins, DT (Michigan)
22	Philadelphia	Xavier Worthy, WR (Texas)
23	Houston	Jer’Zhan Newton, DT (Illinois)
24	Dallas	Jackson Powers-Johnson, OG (Oregon)
25	Green Bay	Graham Barton, OG (Duke)
26	Tampa Bay	J.J. McCarthy, QB (Michigan)
27	Arizona	Zach Frazier, OG (West Virginia)
28	Buffalo	Tyler Nubin, S (Minnesota)
29	Detroit	Darius Robinson, EDGE (Minnesota)
30	Baltimore	Adonai Mitchell, WR (Texas)
31	San Francisco	Taliese Fuaga, OT (Oregon State)
32	Kansas City	J.C. Latham, OT (Alabama)

Second Round

33	Carolina	Chop Robinson, EDGE (Penn State)
34	New England	Tyler Guyton, OT (Oklahoma)
35	Arizona	Kool-Aid McKinstry, CB (Alabama)
36	Washington	Xavier Legette, WR (South Carolina)
37	LA Chargers	Kamari Lassiter, CB (Georgia)
38	Tennessee	Cam Hart, CB (Notre Dame)
39	NY Giants	Michael Hall Jr., DT (Ohio State)
40	Washington	Payton Wilson, LB (NC State)
41	Green Bay	Amarius Mims, OT (Georgia)
42	Minnesota	Michael Penix Jr., QB (Washington)
43	Atlanta	Ennis Rakestraw Jr., CB (Missouri)
44	Las Vegas	Jordan Morgan, OT (Arizona)
45	New Orleans	Kingsley Suamataia, OT (BYU)
46	Indianapolis	Kamren Kinchens, S (Miami)
47	NY Giants	T.J. Tampa, CB (Iowa State)
48	Jacksonville	Ladd McConkey, WR (Georgia)
49	Cincinnati	Keon Coleman, WR (Florida State)
50	Philadelphia	Chris Braswell, EDGE (Alabama)
51	Pittsburgh	Edgerrin Cooper, LB (Texas A&M)
52	LA Rams	Bralen Trice, EDGE (Washington)
53	Philadelphia	Mike Sainristil, CB (Michigan)
54	Cleveland	Braden Fiske, DT (Florida State)
55	Miami	Troy Franklin, WR (Oregon)
56	Dallas	Paul Patrick, OT (Houston)
57	Tampa Bay	Cooper Beebe, OG (Kansas State)
58	Green Bay	Javon Bullard, S (Georgia)
59	Houston	Roman Wilson, WR (Michigan)
60	Buffalo	T’Vondre Sweat, DT (Texas)
61	Detroit	Christian Haynes, OG (UConn)
62	Baltimore	Ruke Orhorhoro, DT (Clemson)
63	San Francisco	Marshawn Kneeland, EDGE (Western Michigan)
64	Kansas City	Ricky Pearsall, WR (Florida)

Are there some changes? Absolutely? Are they Earth-shattering? Not really. Although you can expect at least one of these current second-rounders to rocket up draft boards for reasons that are sometimes, well, unknown or make no sense. By this point teams should know what they see in a player. So unless that player does something negative, they shouldn’t go from a consensus low-second rounder to a mid-first round pick in a matter of a little over a month. But hey, what do I know.

Also, what is with the sudden J.J. McCarthy hype? It has that feel of some people wanting McCarthy to go higher so they are basically willing it to happen. Any team that would consider drafting McCarthy in the Top 10 is obviously fine with extreme risk. Not saying McCarthy won’t end up being good but his college career has shown nothing that says he will be a top-end starter.

OK so years ago (nine to be exact), I used part of a mock draft post to talk about sites I enjoy. And it was definitely also about helping my blog in a way since I was still pretty green at the time (two years in). Let’s look back and see if I still feel the same way about these sites.

Matt’s College Sports Media Blog – Along with Matt’s College Sports on TV is still the premier site for college football and college basketball TV scheduling news and notes. I think he still likes Formula One racing which is great if you like that. He’s also a Bills fan which is pretty damn awesome.

Phil Steele – Still the best college football preview magazine. There are other good ones out there but nothing comes close. And his site fills in the gaps. I am assuming many hardcore college football fans subscribe to his site to get a lot of great stats and gambling info. I tried it for a couple of years and it was almost overwhelming. Still…worth it just to peruse all the free stuff he does put up, which is a lot.

A Rouge Point – This site does not exist anymore. Actually, it ceased to exist not even a year after I published this original post. It’s too bad since it was a great look at sports media coverage in Canada and posted NFL and NHL schedules for Canadian viewers.

Deadspin – Speaking of sites that are no longer around, this site might as well be. At one point it was one of the great sports sites on the net. It wasn’t long after I made the original post that things started to go downhill. A site that used to be brash and willing to take on all comers became a bunch of writers who thought they were the moral compass of a good portion of the Internet (especially sports fans). Even their best writers became insufferable. Then they all got fired/walked out in late 2019 when a company told them to stick to sports which made the site even worse. Now, it looks like they have been bought out, the staff was fired (again) and they look to be getting into the sports gambling industry. Ugh.

Awful Announcing – A site that used to absolutely skewer announcers (and sometimes athletes and sports organizations in general) has gone away from their bread and butter. They still throw up the occasional great article but aren’t as good as they were in their heyday.

LSUfootball.net – The first site I came upon when figuring out the sheer amount of games available for college football viewing…in the United States. Still a very informative site.

Alright another mock draft and post in the books. I assume most of you have March Madness brackets going. Chances of me going perfect ended at the end of the first game and I’ve already lost one of my Final Four picks. Good times. Have a great rest of the weekend everyone!

Yes, it’s already the first mock draft of the year (along with some network change news)

Do I have time to do this? No. So why am I doing it? I honestly don’t know. I think I just feel I should put a bit more into the offseason portion of my blog. I mean it is half the year and there have been times I have gone dark for like a month. What will people read? The newspaper? Get the fuck outta here.

Honestly, I feel that even though this blog will turn 11 in a few months, I haven’t tried enough to take it to the next level, so to speak. Maybe not more posts but better posts. More informative stuff. It almost feels like this may be a make-or-break twelve months for me. With all the shit I have to do to get my career to the next step, it means there will be less and less time to do stuff I enjoy, like this blog. I always have to remind myself why I started this in the first place: to organize my own college football viewing. It allowed me to watch more college football than ever before and be efficient with it as well, while still making time for my kids. Then again, I ended up separated four months after the blog started so…..yeah.

So let’s just get on with the first mock draft of who knows how many leading up to the draft and hey how about that, look who’s going first overall.

1	Chicago	Caleb Williams, QB (USC)
2	Washington	Jayden Daniels, QB (LSU)
3	New England	Drake Maye, QB (North Carolina)
4	Arizona	Marvin Harrison Jr., WR (Ohio State)
5	LA Chargers	Brock Bowers, TE (Georgia)
6	NY Giants	Byron Murphy II, DT (Texas)
7	Tennessee	Joe Alt, OT (Notre Dame)
8	Atlanta	Malik Nabers, WR (LSU)
9	Chicago	Rome Odunze, WR (Washington)
10	NY Jets	Olumuyiwa Fashanu, OT (Penn State)
11	Minnesota	Dallas Turner, OLB (Alabama)
12	Denver	Laiatu Latu, DE (UCLA)
13	Las Vegas	Bo Nix, QB (Oregon)
14	New Orleans	J.C. Latham, OT (Alabama)
15	Indianapolis	Nate Wiggins, CB (Clemson)
16	Seattle	Kris Jenkins, DT (Michigan)
17	Jacksonville	Quinyon Mitchell, CB (Toledo)
18	Cincinnati	Michael Hall Jr., DT (Ohio State)
19	LA Rams	Kamren Kitchens, S (Miami)
20	Pittsburgh	Jordan Morgan, OT (Arizona)
21	Miami	Troy Fautanu, OG (Washington)
22	Philadelphia	Jared Verse, DE (Florida State)
23	Houston	Kamari Lassiter, CB (Georgia)
24	Dallas	Brian Thomas Jr., WR (LSU)
25	Green Bay	Cooper DeJean, S (Iowa)
26	Tampa Bay	Xavier Legette, WR (South Carolina)
27	Arizona	Terrion Arnold, CB (Alabama)
28	Buffalo	Kool-Aid McKinstry, CB (Alabama)
29	Detroit	Cam Hart, CB (Notre Dame)
30	Baltimore	Xavier Worthy, WR (Texas)
31	San Francisco	Tyler Guyton, OT (Oklahoma)
32	Kansas City	Tallies Fuaga, OT (Oregon State)

I am firmly in the camp that says that the Bears will trade Justin Fields. Whether it’s before the draft, during the draft, or after the draft, I don’t know. I just can’t see them passing up on Williams when they could get him AND a really good receiver for their first two picks. On top of that, they could get more picks that will help them later in the draft or in the following year’s event. Not quite a win-win but damn near close. The Commanders and Patriots also need quarterbacks desperately so they will be watching what the Bears do very closely…and possibly even calling them to inquire about how much it would take to trade for that top pick of theirs. Other interesting notes from this first kick at the can:

• The first team that doesn’t need a quarterback is the Cardinals and they are very much hoping the Bears take Caleb Williams since it will mean that Marvin Harrison Jr. will fall into their lap. Pairing him with Kyler Murray could be quite something for a moribund Cards’ offense.
• The Chargers need almost everything that isn’t the quarterback position. If I am them, I nab Bowers, pick another receiver up later on, and bulk up the offense. Win games in true Big XII fashion this coming season. It may be their only hope at getting close to a playoff spot.
• Any potential steals here? Not really but the Saints nabbing Latham at #14 would be good value as would the Eagles picking up Jared Verse at #22.

Will I do more mock drafts? Of course. When? I have no clue.

Now let’s look at the changes coming to conferences and broadcast networks in the Fall. There really is only one major change but it does have a domino effect. The SEC is now fully on ABC/ESPN/SEC Network/ESPN2/ESPNU (if they absolutely have to be) and ESPN+ because they are contractually obligated to be once a season (at least that’s the way the previous SEC contract played out). With the SEC on ABC, they will easily get the majority of the Saturday night games. Not all, but with 14 weeks worth of games, the SEC will get no less than ten of those.

So that domino effect…SEC had every evening ESPN game last year. I can’t see that being the case since that would compete directly with the game on ABC. So they should get a lot less of those and they should get filled with the ACC and Big XII. The American might end up actually getting more games on ESPN with this new arrangement which seems crazy but with the ACC and, to a lesser extent, the Big XII getting hurt by this from a Disney/ESPN perspective, the American Conference is ready to pick up a few pieces here and there.

The Big XII won’t cry about this though. For everything they will end up losing from ESPN/ABC, they will gain more than that quite possibly from the FOX side of things. Sure, the Big Ten will get many of the Big Noon Kickoff games. But beyond that? Remember, the Big Ten has a game a week on CBS, a game a week on NBC and eight games on Peacock. Also, you might see a couple of late night Big Ten affairs on the Big Ten Network. So there will be plenty of spots on FOX and FOX Sports One for the Big XII to fill in since there is no more Pac-12. The other conference that wins here? The Mountain West. They should get a lot more FS1 games with how things are shaking out.

So even though the SEC and Big Ten will start to dominate the landscape of college football, we might get more chances than ever to watch other conferences. Now if they can just figure out how to get FS1 games up here legally and Canadians won’t have any reason to complain about access to CFB games in the future ever again (other than the one Notre Dame game a season on Peacock and weird stuff like the Hawaii Tests).

Alright more posts to come but no football for over a month. The UFL starts in late March and I’m…honestly not that excited about it but it’s football so I am sure will watch some at some point since it’s football and I love football. Better than watching the news, right? Have a good weekend everyone!

Sure, let’s do a bit of a draft recap

I will get to this man a bit later since he went through quite the night.

As usual, the draft was a fun time…well, the first night was fun then it got steadily less fun until the final rounds when other than NFL Network’s Stump The Truck, almost nothing was really all that fun. But I watched most of it. What can I say, I am way into football. Probably too much but soon enough I will be on my own a lot more so football may be the only thing that keeps me company. God, that’s sad. Let’s move on.

First of all, I will take a look at my mock draft and compare it to the actual draft results and…yep, I got basically nothing right. I couldn’t even get the first two picks right. I had C.J. Stroud going first followed by Bryce Young. I think Carolina made the right pick out of the two but I was sure they had their sights set on Stroud. Funny enough, though, I got two picks exactly right: Zay Flowers to the Ravens at #22 and Wanya Morris to the Chiefs at #92. That really doesn’t make any sense but it’s the truth. Other than that, everything else wrong and some were REALLY wrong.

Reaches

It’s always too soon to look at this but there seem to be picks that were universally thought of as reaches: as in a team picked a player way earlier than they probably would have gone. I know some teams absolutely want a specific player and worry about not getting them that much that they either take them too soon or trade up to get them when they didn’t need to. Still doesn’t mean it wasn’t a stretch for that player. Let’s look at a few that felt obvious.

Darnell Wright (#10 overall to Chicago) – I, along with most others, had Wright pegged as a late-1st round/early-2nd round pick at best. The fact that the Bears also passed on Peter Skoronski, from Northwestern (supposedly Chicago’s Big Ten school) is the real headscratcher here.

Jahmyr Gibbs (#12 to Detroit) – Speaking of headscratchers, it’s like Detroit brought back Matt Millen and his new focus wasn’t wide receivers but running backs. Detroit did not need help at running back but took Gibbs at this point anyway. I had figured he’d end up on the Bills which didn’t thrill me but Gibbs is better than what they have at this point. Anyway, Detroit ended up trading D’Andre Swift to the Eagles because of this pick. I don’t get it.

Deonte Banks (#24 to NY Giants) – Did the Giants need a cornerback? Absolutely. Was Joey Porter Jr. still on the board? Absolutely. Was Kelee Ringo still on the board? Absolutely. Was Cam Smith still on the board? Absolutely. I could go on and on but Banks wasn’t a first rounder and I’d be shocked if he plays like one.

Derick Hall (#37 to Seattle) – The Seahawks didn’t exactly need a defensive end but they decided to pick one anyway. OK, that’s fine. To pick Hall when there were a few other guys on the board who were rated way higher made no sense. Hall was barely a second rounder in most mock drafts.

Steals

On the other hand, we have our draft steals. Every draft has their steals and yes I know Tom Brady was a “steal.” Actually, no, at the time, no one thought he was a steal of a pick. No one. At all. If you say you did, you’re a dirty fucking liar. Again, this is way too early so by the time the next draft occurred, yes, Brady was considered a massive steal. Hell, he would have been a steal as a late second rounder.

Christian Gonzalez (#17 to New England) – The biggest steal of the draft in my opinion. I had him going third overall and many mock drafts had him in the top seven picks. Did the Pats need any help in the secondary? No, but how do you pass on a guy that has dropped approximately 10 spots or so in the first round when you don’t have a huge need? Once again, Bill Belichick is playing 4-D Parcheesi while everyone else is playing Snakes and Ladders.

Dalton Kincaid (#25 to Buffalo) – I was not happy when Bijan Robinson was off the board super early. Man did he go from not even a first rounder like a month ago to Top 10 pick. Anyway, the Bills did the next best thing (that they needed) by getting the best tight end in the draft in Kincaid. Josh Allen could make the guy…well, not a star but a very dependable receiver.

Joey Porter Jr. (#32 to Pittsburgh) – How did the last into the second round? There were easily six different teams that should have taken him and passed. Yeah I’m looking at you New York Football Giants (or GEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-Men in honour of Chris Berman). He may make a couple of teams pay for passing on him this coming season.

Jalin Hyatt (#73 to NY Giants) – So the Giants make one of the worst picks of the early part of the draft and then somehow snag Hyatt in the third round. Hey, whatever works. I could have also put Hyatt’s Tennessee Volunteer teammate Cedric Tillman here as he went one spot later to the Browns.

Alright let’s get down to the Will Levis situation. ESPN did this man (and his family) dirty. Well, most of them. I think the girlfriend loved the attention. Still though, to spend four-plus hours in that room and not get your name called has to suck. And ESPN loved it. You know they did. Most people had him going in the #7-#13 range. I had him going to Washington at #16. Then someone on Reddit (I think) tweeted that the Panthers were considering him for the top pick. All of a sudden, people became a lot more interested in him. It also meant that every draft pick that wasn’t him would make him look worse. And yes I know there are others that suffer the same plight but he is, by far, the most hyped of anyone who has had that happen. Also, why didn’t Tennessee move up into the first round to get him? Now they lose a potential option year if he ends up being good. Poor management by the Titans there.

Best Draft

Again, this is way too early but you can kind of tell when a team probably had a good draft (unless one of their top picks is a flop). Here is my list of the top three teams from draft day.

Philadelphia – It feels almost unanimous among experts (which I am not one of) that the Eagles had the best draft. Not only did they continue their Georgia Bulldog-riffic defense picking Jalen Carter and Nolan Smith, but they also drafted Bama’s Tyler Steen who could potentially anchor the offensive line soon enough and somehow had Kelee Ringo (another Bulldog) fall into their lap in the fourth round. Finally, Detroit’s stupidity made it so the Eagles got D’Andre Swift in a trade with the Lions. An all-around great few days for possibly the NFC favourites.

Indianapolis – No, this isn’t all about the Anthony Richardson pick although that is what much of the Colts’ draft will hinge on. They had a great draft otherwise, though, with a huge value pick in the fourth round, nabbing Adetomiwa Adeboware. Really, it’s Richardson and Adeboware for the Colts. If they both hit then this will end up being the number one draft crop in hindsight. Otherwise….yikes. Huge risk-reward for a team that feels the time is right to make huge moves.

Pittsburgh – The Eagles’ cross-state rival also had quite the good, if not underrated, draft, looking like the smartest team coming out of the draft. They filled pretty much all their needs in the first three rounds and then got some great value late. Porter is a steal and teams may regret not picking him.

Worst Draft

Very rarely does a team get selected having the worst draft and then it ends up that everyone was wrong in hindsight. So yeah, this is not a good group to be in.

Jacksonville – Third worst on our list is the Jags with a bit of a perplexing draft. Things were looking great for a team that looked like it may run away with the AFC South over the next few years. That may not be the case anymore, and this draft didn’t help matters any. Unfortunately, the Cam Robinson situation forced them to pick O-line early but Anton Harrison may not have been the guy. Tank Bigsby was a pretty bad pick and could have been got two rounds later. And for a team that needed a tight end as another weapon for Trevor Lawrence, getting Brenton Strange isn’t it with other guys on the board. Just weird all around.

Minnesota – Look, they did pretty well with the Jordan Addison pick. Beyond that? Woof. Every other pick was a reach and they really didn’t do anything to help Kirk Cousins beyond getting Addison to hopefully pair with Justin Jefferson. Cousins is in the last year of his contract and this felt like the year the Vikings really had to try and go for it or start building for the future and they did neither.

San Francisco – Just like Philly, it’s a pretty unanimous vote on the other end of the draft grades. The ass end, if you will. The 49ers did a deplorable job this time around. Lucky for them, as long as Brock Purdy and/or Trey Lance are ready to go, this team is ready to battle for the NFC title at the very least. But holy shit, you’d think you would draft one guy that would help the team this coming season. Especially on the offensive line, where they needed help and drafted nobody. But hey, they drafted a kicker. Before the 100th pick. For fuck’s sakes what a joke.

Finally, a quick look at the two networks showing the draft. Most people seemed to be watching ESPN, as per usual. The NFL Network picked up the rest of the viewers. Problem was, the amount of complaints I heard about ESPN were staggering. Yet, these same people obviously outright refused to just, oh I don’t know, turn to the other network with draft coverage. I get that hearing the old NFL Primetime music is great (it really is) but if the coverage sucks then change the channel. My opinion, as you may know, is that the NFL Network has always had better coverage since they started showing the draft. I mean, that’s their whole thing: the NFL. ESPN suffers from trying to put in as many horrific stories about the draftees and too many people involved in the production. At least a quarter of the people involved could have been axed because they sucked at their job on this night.

I think that’s the first draft recap I have done in a long time. I don’t feel like looking. I’m not really a recap kind of guy but I figured what the hell. We are now 107 days away from the college football season and the posts will start coming along more frequently once again. We are getting close to true football season, folks! Not that I’m minding the XFL since it has been pretty good. The USFL, on the other hand, ugh. Have a great rest of the week everyone.

Mock Draft? Yeah, why the fuck not.

Fuck off Captain Ginger.

I haven’t done a mock draft at all until now. Not one. Then I decided “Hey, why not do three rounds’ worth?” I had no answer for myself because I’m an idiot. So yeah, three rounds. Now there are no trades here and I don’t project trades because that is a fool’s game. Although, I guess mock drafts are also a fool’s game. Ugh. Let’s just get started before I regret doing this.

Round 1

1	Carolina	C.J. Stroud, QB (Ohio State)
2	Houston	Bryce Young, QB (Alabama)
3	Arizona	Christian Gonzalez, CB (Oregon)
4	Indianapolis	Tyree Wilson, EDGE (Texas Tech)
5	Seattle	Will Anderson Jr., LB (Alabama)
6	Detroit	Jalen Carter, DT (Georgia)
7	Las Vegas	Paris Johnson Jr., OT (Ohio State)
8	Atlanta	Anthony Richardson, QB (Florida)
9	Chicago	Lukas Van Ness, DE (Iowa)
10	Philadelphia	Jaxon Smith-Njigba, WR (Ohio State)
11	Tennessee	Quentin Johnson, WR (TCU)
12	Houston	Devon Witherspoon, CB (Illinois)
13	NY Jets Green Bay	Dalton Kincaid, TE (Utah)
14	New England	Peter Skoronski, OT (Northwestern)
15	Green Bay NY Jets	Broderick Jones, OT (Georgia)
16	Washington	Will Levis, QB (Kentucky)
17	Pittsburgh	Joey Porter Jr., CB (Penn State)
18	Detroit	Bijan Robinson, RB (Texas)
19	Tampa Bay	Brian Branch, S (Alabama)
20	Seattle	Jordan Addison, WR (USC)
21	LA Chargers	Myles Murphy, DE (Clemson)
22	Baltimore	Zay Flowers, WR (Boston College)
23	Minnesota	Nolan Smith, LB (Georgia)
24	Jacksonville	Kelee Ringo, CB (Georgia)
25	NY Giants	Jalin Hyatt, WR (Tennessee)
26	Dallas	O’Cyrus Torrance, G (Florida)
27	Buffalo	Jahmyr Gibbs, RB (Alabama)
28	Cincinnati	Michael Mayer, TE (Notre Dame)
29	New Orleans	Ryan Hayes, G (Michigan)
30	Philadelphia	Jack Campbell, LB (Iowa)
31	Kansas City	Darnell Wright, OT (Tennessee)

Round 2

32	Pittsburgh	Calijah Kancey, DT (Pittsburgh)
33	Houston	Darnell Washington, TE (Georgia)
34	Arizona	John Michael Schmitz, C (Minnesota)
35	Indianapolis	Cam Smith, CB (South Carolina)
36	LA Rams	Mazi Smith, DT (Michigan)
37	Seattle	Bryan Bresee, DT (Clemson)
38	Las Vegas	Quan Martin, S (Illinois)
39	Carolina	Will McDonald IV, DE (Iowa State)
40	New Orleans	Hendon Hooker, QB (Tennessee)
41	Tennessee	Daiyan Henley, LB (Washington State)
42	NY Jets Green Bay	Antonio Johnson, S (Texas A&M)
43	NY Jets	Drew Sanders, LB (Arkansas)
44	Atlanta	Emmanuel Forbes, CB (Mississippi State)
45	Green Bay	Isaiah Foskey, DE (Notre Dame)
46	New England	B.J. Ojulari, DE (LSU)
47	Washington	Luke Wypler, C (Ohio State)
48	Detroit	Luke Musgrave, TE (Oregon State)
49	Pittsburgh	Noah Sewell, LB (Oregon)
50	Tampa Bay	Anton Harrison, OT (Oklahoma)
51	Miami	Steve Avila, G (TCU)
52	Seattle	J.L. Skinner, S (Boise State)
53	Chicago	Cedric Tillman, WR (Tennessee)
54	LA Chargers	Siaki Ika, DT (Baylor)
55	Detroit	Deonte Banks, CB (Maryland)
56	Jacksonville	Cody Mauch, OT (North Dakota State)
57	NY Giants	Tyrique Stevenson, CB (Miami)
58	Dallas	Josh Downs, WR (North Carolina)
59	Buffalo	Gervon Dexter, DT (Florida)
60	Cincinnati	Adetomiwa Adebawore, DT (Northwestern)
61	Chicago	Henry To’o’To’o, LB (Alabama)
62	Philadelphia	Chris Rodriguez, RB (Kentucky)
63	Kansas City	Felix Anudike-Uzomah, EDGE (Kansas State)

Round 3

64	Chicago	Jaelyn Duncan, OT (Maryland)
65	Houston	Trenton Simpson, LB (Clemson)
66	Arizona	Tuli Tuipulotu, DE (USC)
67	Denver	Clark Phillips, CB (Utah)
68	Denver	Dawand Jones, OT (Ohio State)
69	LA Rams	Sam LaPorta, TE (Iowa)
70	Las Vegas	Keion White, DE (Georgia Tech)
71	New Orleans	Zach Charbonnet, RB (UCLA)
72	Tennessee	Tucker Kraft, TE (South Dakota State)
73	Houston	Anthony Bradford, G (LSU)
74	Cleveland	Zacch Pickens, DT (South Carolina)
75	Atlanta	Sydney Brown, S (Illinois)
76	New England	Rashee Rice, WR (SMU)
77	LA Rams	Nick Broeker, G (Ole Miss)
78	Green Bay	Tyler Scott, WR (Cincinnati)
79	Indianapolis	Tanner McKee, QB (Stanford)
80	Pittsburgh	Tyler Steen, OT (Alabama)
81	Detroit	McClendon Curtis, G (Chattanooga)
82	Tampa Bay	Jonathan Mingo, WR (Ole Miss)
83	Seattle	Joe Tippman, C (Wisconsin)
84	Miami	Zach Evans, RB (Ole Miss)
85	LA Chargers	Blake Freeland, OT (BYU)
86	Baltimore	Julius Brents, CB (Kansas State)
87	Minnesota	Mekhi Garner, CB (LSU)
88	Jacksonville	Daniel Scott, S (California)
89	NY Giants	Jarrett Patterson, G (Notre Dame)
90	Dallas	Kendre Miller, RB (TCU)
91	Buffalo	Cameron Latu, TE (Alabama)
92	Cincinnati	Wanya Morris, OT (Oklahoma)
93	Carolina	Jaylon Jones, CB (Texas A&M)
94	Philadelphia	Mekhi Blackmon, CB (USC)
95	Kansas City	Kayshon Boutte, WR (LSU)
96	Arizona	DeMarvion Overshown, LB (Texas)
97	Washington	Cam Mitchell, CB (Northwestern)
98	Cleveland	Mike Morris, DE (Michigan)
99	San Francisco	Jaxon Kirkland, G (Washington)
100	Las Vegas	Emil Ekiyor, C (Alabama)
101	San Francisco	Brandon Joseph, S (Notre Dame)
102	San Francisco	Xavier Hutchinson, WR (Iowa State)

Notes and Crap and Stuff and Things and Shit and Garbage

• Yes I know I usually have logos as well. I decided to go no frills with this one. No, that doesn’t mean I have aisleways that are so cramped that two people with shopping carts can’t go through at the same time. Just means I was short on time and didn’t feel like doing all the work to put the fancy logos in.
• You will notice that the third round has more picks than the other two rounds. Well, the first round only has 31 because Miami forfeited its pick and the third round includes all the compensatory picks.
• I am feeling pretty good with my first few picks. Stroud should go #1 and Young #2. I think at least seven out of my top ten will be in the top ten come draft night. Beyond that, who knows.
• I hope that somehow Bijan Robinson can fall all the way to the Bills’ pick at #27. He won’t as he seems to be rocketing up many draft boards. As long as the Bills figure out their running back issue I will be somewhat happy.
• Take a look at your favourite team and see if you like the way I drafted for them. If so, I feel bad for you since they will most likely not draft as well. I don’t make the rules.

Look if there are trades between now and the draft I will update my picks because otherwise it wouldn’t make sense. You know, say if Aaron Rodgers gets traded to a certain team in the AFC East with a plane-based logo, I assume there will be picks involved as well so I would adjust my mock draft accordingly.

OK that was a lot. Especially for my first post in a while. If work wasn’t so busy I’d do more. I’m just kidding, I wouldn’t have. Not a whole lot to post about to be honest. Things will start ramping up soon after the draft I’m sure. Have a great draft night(s) everybody!

Hey let’s talk about the draft

This year the draft snuck up on me again but for a different reason than last year.  Last year I was not quite two months unemployed and we were wondering what this dang Coronavirus was gonna do to us and how much of our summer it would ruin (spoiler alert: all of it).  This time I am a month-and-a-half into a new job and trying to make sure other responsibilities are taken care of.  Even though I am still worried about our softball team taking the field sooner rather than later, everything else feels different…but similar.  Anyway, enough of this, let’s get to the final mock draft shall we?

FIRST ROUND

1		Trevor Lawrence, QB (Clemson)
2		Zach Wilson, QB (BYU)
3		Mac Jones, QB (Alabama)
4		Trey Lance, QB (North Dakota State)
5		Penei Sewell, OT (Oregon)
6		Kyle Pitts, TE (Florida)
7		Ja’Marr Chase, WR (LSU)
8		Jaycee Horn, CB (South Carolina)
9		Justin Fields, QB (Ohio State)
10		Rashawn Slater, OT (Northwestern)
11		DeVonta Smith, WR (Alabama)
12		Jaylen Waddle, WR (Alabama)
13		Alijah Vera-Tucker, OT (USC)
14		Caleb Farley, CB (Virginia Tech)
15		Micah Parsons, LB (Penn State)
16		Patrick Surtain II, CB (Alabama)
17		Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, LB (Notre Dame)
18		Christian Darrisaw, OT (Virginia Tech)
19		Alex Leatherwood, OT (Alabama)
20		Teven Jenkins, OT (Oklahoma State)
21		Zaven Collins, LB (Tulsa)
22		Jaelan Phillips, DE (Miami)
23		Tyson Campbell, CB (Georgia)
24		Sam Cosmi, OT (Texas)
25		Daviyon Nixon, DT (Iowa)
26		Christian Barmore, DT (Alabama)
27		Jaysen Oweh, DE (Penn State)
28		Aaron Robinson, CB (UCF)
29		Jackson Carman, G (Clemson)
30		Gregory Rousseau, DE (Miami)
31		Kadarius Toney, WR (Florida)
32		Azeez Ojulari, LB (Georgia)

Let’s take a serious look at this

• Yes, only one round.  Why?  Well the biggest reason is I didn’t feel like doing more.  What’s the point?  Plus if I get even half these picks correct, I have to be considered some kind of Nostradamus.
• The Dolphins, Jags and Jets set themselves up well with two picks in the first round.  Now the Ravens joined them as they traded Orlando Brown to the Chiefs.  You gotta wonder if one of these teams will package two picks to move up in the draft.  I mean obviously not the Jets or Jags but maybe the other two teams.
• Back to a live draft.  In Cleveland.  I kind of hope it’s like 6 degrees just to see what Goodell does.
• Yes I have Mac Jones at 3.  Do I think that’s where he will go?  Yes.  Do I think that’s where he should go?  No.  He’s not a top 10 talent in my eyes and I think the Niners traded up and are doing a bit of a quiet version of the Mitchell Trubisky deal that the Bears did about half a decade ago.
• Trey Lance is another one that I am iffy about.  Honestly, it would not surprise me at all if the Falcons decided to trade down.  I am sure they are getting a lot of offers and Lance is another guy who I wouldn’t pick in the Top 10.  I would have picked Justin Fields at this spot but he has dropped down in the draft because…actually I don’t know.  I am sure it’s dumb.
• Speaking of Fields, I think he drops to the Broncos who are fucking ecstatic to get him at that spot.  I see him being a poor man’s version of Aaron Rodgers in terms of making certain teams pay for not taking him earlier.
• The Bengals will be smart to not listen to Joe Burrow.  He so desperately wants Ja’Marr Chase but he will have a tough time throwing to him with their toilet-paper-thin O-line.  Sewell is the right pick here.
• The Dolphins will basically have their choice of whoever the hell they want at #6.  I think it will be Pitts but I wouldn’t be surprised to see them pick on of those three receivers either.
• I have Chase, Smith and Waddle going to the Lions, Giants and Eagles, respectively.  This is where I could see a team back in the draft trade up to get one of these guys.  I could see the Ravens doing something to move up, along with the Washington Team du Football and the Colts.
• As for other teams maybe moving up, I haven’t heard much other than almost every team trading with the Falcons to get to #4.  Other than the WTF going there to get a QB, I can’t see a team making a great trade to move up.
• The Bengals and Dolphins would be stupid to trade down, in my honest opinion, since both teams should get what they want and/or need at the #5 and #6 spot, respectively.  And since they aren’t the Houston Texans, they probably won’t trade down.

OK that’s about all.  Now we wait for tomorrow night.

As per usual, I should have some sort of draft recap post in the next week or two.  After that, soon enough it will be the most important games of the season as I finish up trying to figure out the schedule for the 2021 season.  If everything goes well (at least down in the U.S.) the season will begin in 122 days with Week Zero.  Keep our fingers crossed.

As for this province, I don’t know what to say.  Talk about a shitshow.  Nothing is going right.  All we can hope is that they get everyone their first vaccines as quick as possible so we can move into the second phase (for most).  Unfortunately, I can see some of our summer being taken from us (somewhat) again.  Sad but probably a reality.

Everyone, have a fun time watching the draft and a great end to the week.

So I’m back to doing mock drafts…

You know what sucks about being unemployed (other than financial ruin)?  The feeling of being so completely unproductive.  No matter what I do around the house or in my job hunt, it feels like I accomplish nothing.  So part of me needs to do stuff like this.  Mock drafts.  It feels almost disgusting to say that phrase.  Oh well.  I am doing a mock draft to basically keep myself busy.  And to feel like I have accomplished something with my blog.  So yeah, let’s see how this goes.  I’m sure after the first pick of this mock, I will be totally wrong with every other pick.  And I honestly don’t care.  Let’s get started.

FIRST ROUND

1		Trevor Lawrence, QB (Clemson)
2		Zach Wilson, QB (BYU)
3		Ja’Marr Chase, WR (LSU)
4		Trey Lance, QB (North Dakota State)
5		Penei Sewell, OL (Oregon)
6		Kyle Pitts, TE (Florida)
7		Jaylen Waddle, WR (Alabama)
8		Justin Fields, QB (Ohio State)
9		Micah Parsons, LB (Penn State)
10		Patrick Surtain II, CB (Florida)
11		DeVonta Smith, WR (Alabama)
12		Caleb Farley, CB (Virginia Tech)
13		Rashawn Slater, OL (Northwestern)
14		Christian Darrisaw, OL (Virginia Tech)
15		Azeez Ojulari, LB (Georgia)
16		Jaycee Horn, CB (South Carolina)
17		Christian Barmore, DL (Alabama)
18		Zaven Collins, LB (Tulsa)
19		Mac Jones, QB (Alabama)
20		Jalen Mayfield, OL (Michigan)
21		Alijah Vera-Tucker, OL (USC)
22		Jaysen Oweh, EDGE (Penn State)
23		Rondale Moore, WR (Purdue)
24		Teven Jenkins, OL (Oklahoma State)
25		Ifeatu Melifonwu, CB (Syracuse)
26		Carlos Basham Jr., EDGE (Wake Forest)
27		Joe Tryon, EDGE (Washington)
28		Kadarius Toney, WR (Florida)
29		Jaelan Phillips, DL (Miami)
30		Jamin Davis, LB (Kentucky)
31		Jackson Carman, OL (Clemson)
32		Levi Onwuzurike, DL (Washington)

Random Info

• At this point I really only have enough patience to do one round of the mock draft.  Maybe one day I will just say “fuck it” and do three rounds.  Or the whole damn draft!  Actually, no, I don’t think so.
• Trevor Lawrence is almost definitely going to Jacksonville.  I would be shocked if it worked out any other way.
• That puts the Jets in a position to either replace Sam Darnold at QB (which is what I think they will do), draft at another position (which is a possibility) or trade out of the spot if they get a sweetheart deal (which I can’t see happening but you never know).
• As for trades, I don’t include them in my mock drafts.  I’ve said it before but it seems ridiculous to try and predict a trade happening between now and draft day and what picks would be involved.
• What will be the order of quarterbacks taken?  I believe Zach Wilson will end up being the second quarterback taken.  I have the order Lawrence, Wilson, Lance, Fields, Jones all going in the first round.  I am still a bit hesitant about Lance but the Falcons seem keen on him at this point and they need a quarterback.  Without the Kreepy Kombine, I believe players will move much less on teams’ draft boards than they did in the past when one less rep on the benchpress could rocket a guy down three rounds.
• Other than Lawrence there are no locks.  None.  And probably won’t be until at least the day before draft day.
• The other team to watch here is the Dolphins.  They would love another weapon for Tua but could look at some linebacking or O-line help.  My guess is they pick a WR but again, it’s a crapshoot as to who they pick.

Now I have a feeling my next mock draft will be my final one and done just before the draft.  We shall see how things work out.

I have got the entire college football schedule.  Now it’s just a matter of piecing together what it might look like.  This might be a bit tougher than normal since I don’t really have last year to look at and a few things have changed in terms of conference television contracts.  So there could be a lot of guesswork.  But that’s part of the fun.  For me.  I need help.

Anyway, have a great rest of the week!

UPDATE: I have a job!

The Draft…It is Here!

To be honest, this draft kind of snuck up on me, like I am sure it has for many out there.  Considering everything that has happened with this Coronavirus pandemic, this event, which is normally pretty big in scale, has become a slight afterthought.  I’m not saying I’m not interested in it since I am.  I’m also interested in the next episode of The Last Dance to come out as well, when our softball team can finally take the field for real, and what will happen to my finances in these uncertain times.  So yeah, it feels slightly different this time around for many reasons.  Let’s just get started with the final mock draft, done for the first time on the day of the first round.

FIRST ROUND

1		Joe Burrow, QB (LSU)
2		Chase Young, EDGE (Ohio State)
3		Jeff Okudah, CB (Ohio State)
4		Tristan Wirfs, T (Iowa)
5		Tua Tagovailoa, QB (Alabama)
6		Mekhi Becton, T (Louisville)
7		Justin Herbert, QB (Oregon)
8		Jedrick Wills Jr., T (Alabama)
9		Isaiah Simmons, OLB (Clemson)
10		Andrew Thomas, T (Georgia)
11		CeeDee Lamb, WR (Oklahoma)
12		Jerry Jeudy, WR (Alabama)
13		Kristian Fulton, CB (LSU)
14		Derrick Brown, DT (Auburn)
15		Javon Kinlaw, DT (South Carolina)
16		C.J. Henderson, CB (Florida)
17		A.J. Epenesa, EDGE (Iowa)
18		Yetur Gross-Matos, EDGE (Penn State)
19		Patrick Queen, LB (LSU)
20		Xavier McKinney, S (Alabama)
21		Kenneth Murray, LB (Oklahoma)
22		A.J. Terrell, CB (Clemson)
23		K’Lavon Chaisson, OLB (LSU)
24		Justin Jefferson, WR (LSU)
25		Austin Jackson, T (USC)
26		Ezra Cleveland, T (Boise State)
27		Matt Hennessy, C (Temple)
28		Zack Baun, OLB (Wisconsin)
29		Josh Jones, T (Houston)
30		Adam Trautman, TE (Dayton)
31		Tyler Biadasz, C (Wisconsin)
32		Jeff Gladney, CB (TCU)

SECOND ROUND

33		Tee Higgins, WR (Clemson)
34		Brandon Aiyuk, WR (Arizona State)
35		Robert Hunt, G (Louisiana)
36		Antoine Winfield Jr., S (Minnesota)
37		Jordan Love, QB (Utah State)
38		Jordyn Brooks, LB (Texas Tech)
39		Cesar Ruiz, C (Michigan)
40		Shane Lemieux, G (Oregon)
41		Grant Delpit, S (LSU)
42		Cameron Dantzler, CB (Mississippi State)
43		Jeremy Chinn, S (Southern Illinois)
44		Ross Blacklock, DT (TCU)
45		Lucas Niang, T (TCU)
46		Jalen Reagor, WR (TCU)
47		Clyde Edwards-Helaire, RB (LSU)
48		Josh Uche, EDGE (Michigan)
49		Cole Kmet, TE (Notre Dame)
50		Noah Igbinoghene, CB (Auburn)
51		Trevon Diggs, CB (Alabama)
52		Terrell Lewis, EDGE (Alabama)
53		Henry Ruggs III, WR (Alabama)
54		Jaylon Johnson, CB (Utah)
55		Raekwon Davis, EDGE (Alabama)
56		Solomon Kindley, G (Georgia)
57		J.K. Dobbins, RB (Ohio State)
58		Jason Strowbridge, DT (North Carolina)
59		Davon Hamilton, T (Ohio State)
60		Logan Stenberg, G (Kentucky)
61		Kenny Willekes, EDGE (Michigan State)
62		Chase Claypool, TE (Notre Dame)
63		Cam Akers, RB (Florida State)
64		Bradley Anae, EDGE (Utah)

A bit more analysis this time around

• I am thinking that Miami’s sudden interest in Justin Herbert is all a ruse to keep teams from trading up to get Tua Tagovailoa.  Now watch me be completely wrong.
• Miami also has to be considered a bit of a wild card in the draft considering the amount of picks they have in the first two rounds.  Five picks so there’s a lot that could be done here.  I mean other than almost every position, who knows what the Dolphins need?  I am still sticking with no trade of at least that first pick.  Besides, I don’t predict trades because that is a fool’s game.
• I am putting this point here to keep you interested and because I just thought of it.  This draft is taking place in Roger Goodell’s basement.  Let that sink in.  I bet his basement is fucking awesome.  It will make me look at my own unfinished basement in sadness.  The Twitter comments on his living quarters will be in the millions I’m sure.
• I have moved Tristan Wirfs into the Top 10.  At least in terms of O-linemen, this guy seems to have the most hype.  So I wonder how the Giants will fuck up this pick.
• I’m not saying that the hype for Justin Herbert isn’t warranted.  After the 2018 season, many thought he could have come out and been in a Top 5 pick.  He actually regressed a bit this past season and isn’t the surefire big-time guy that he once was.  I think the Chargers pass on him so he drops in the Panthers’ lap although I have a feeling there will be a lot of pick movement in the first round this year.
• No the Patriots will not move up to draft a quarterback.  I get that Touchdown Tawmy is gone but they are giving Jarrett Stidham his shot to run the offense.  It’s only fair.  Not that fairness means anything in the NFL but you don’t know what you have until you give that guy a shot (Jimmy G anyone?).
• Back to the draft location, it’s too bad that the Vegas draft was cancelled.  Especially with the whole boat thing to take the players to the stage.  Oh, the chances of that boat capsizing with a player on it…too tasty to think about.

Alright analysis over.  The only thing left is for this thing to start.

As for the rest of this blog, I know I have had no posts in a while.  I mean what else is there to talk about?  You can watch the news and realize everything is upside down right now.  Fingers crossed that things get back to normal (whatever the hell that ends up being) soon enough although it looks like the rest of this month and all of next month (at least) will feel the same as it has for the past few weeks.  I have got the college football schedules almost done as I have had plenty of time to work on them and will be ranking the games and soon enough I will be ranking the games so that you, the college football zealot, will know what to watch for and what to avoid…unless you are nuts like me and will watch anything put in front of them.  As of right now we are 128 days away from the start of the 2020 college football season.  Whether that ends up being the case is an entirely different story.  All we can do is watch and wait.

Alright, enjoy the draft and stay safe.  I will be a little more strict than politicians are: Don’t fucking go out unless you have to.

Welp…might as well do a mock draft

I have got a lot of time on my hands these days.  And this Coronavirus is making it that much easier to do sweet fuck all since doing that at home is great protection against the virus.  It honestly is amazing how quickly things escalated.  At first I thought “Hey maybe they are overexaggerating.”  Then it very quickly became “Nope, they aren’t.  At all.”  Thanks to Rudy Gobert (I kid, but really, what a fucking moron) we will now have no sports at least through the end of March.  These are very odd times in our world.  Unprecedented stuff really.  No one has ever gone through something like this.  Even 9/11 didn’t cause this.  So since there is time to kill I figured why not go ahead and do a mock draft.  And no I wasn’t drunk.  So let’s get started before I change my mind.

FIRST ROUND

1		Joe Burrow, QB (LSU)
2		Chase Young, EDGE (Ohio State)
3		Jeff Okudah, CB (Ohio State)
4		Mekhi Becton, T (Louisville)
5		Tua Tagovailoa, QB (Alabama)
6		Justin Herbert, QB (Oregon)
7		Isaiah Simmons, OLB (Clemson)
8		Jedrick Wills Jr., T (Alabama)
9		Derrick Brown, DT (Auburn)
10		Andrew Thomas, T (Georgia)
11		CeeDee Lamb, WR (Oklahoma)
12		Jerry Jeudy, WR (Alabama)
13		Jordan Love, QB (Utah State)
14		Tristan Wirfs, T (Iowa)
15		Javon Kinlaw, DT (South Carolina)
16		A.J. Epenesa, EDGE (Iowa)
17		Kristian Fulton, CB (LSU)
18		Austin Jackson, T (USC)
19		A.J. Terrell, CB (Clemson)
20		K’Lavon Chaisson, OLB (LSU)
21		Justin Jefferson, WR (LSU)
22		Tee Higgins, WR (Clemson)
23		Brandon Aiyuk, WR (Arizona State)
24		Patrick Queen, LB (LSU)
25		Josh Jones, T (Houston)
26		Yetur Gross-Matos, EDGE (Penn State)
27		Xavier McKinney, S (Alabama)
28		Zack Baun, OLB (Wisconsin)
29		Tyler Biadasz, C (Wisconsin)
30		C.J. Henderson, CB (Florida)
31		Grant Delpit, S (LSU)
32		D’Andre Swift, RB (Georgia)

Random Info

• Still only one round.  I am not putting THAT much effort in just yet for this.  I am assuming that soon enough the analysis will go into overdrive with nothing else to discuss so I will leave any potential deeper analysis for later.
• Joe Burrow STILL seems to be the consensus number one pick going to the Bengals and that gap between him and Chase Young seems to be widening.  With the Redskins, probably, not needing a new quarterback (despite new coach Ron Rivera’s possibly not being enthralled with Dwayne Haskins), this means Burrow would have to drop to #5 to get picked.  That’s not happening.
• This should all work out great for the Redskins.  Cincinnati picking Burrow means the defensive gem of the draft, Chase Young, would fall into their laps.  With a young offense (plus Adrian Peterson) and Young anchoring the defense, the Skins might shoot up the standings quicker than many think.
• I don’t put trades in at all.  It doesn’t make sense to.  I’ve said this for years and I will continue to state that.  I’d have a better shot at hooking up with Abigail Ratchford than getting a single trade absolutely correct.  Saying that, I would be shocked if the Dolphins kept all three picks.  I could see them moving up just to make sure they got Tagovailoa, who is the quarterback they seem to be coveting.
• Austin Jackson has rocketed up my draft list.  Same with a trio of wide receivers: Justin Jefferson, Tee Higgins and Brandon Aiyuk.  I have never seen this many wide receivers potentially going in a first round ever.  It makes sense though with the way passing games are.  If you have the quarterback, you better have the receivers.
• There are very few locks other than the top two at this point.  Saying that, the Chargers desperately need a quarterback now that Philip Rivers and his twenty-two kids have moved on.
• Also, there is one thing that has nothing to do with picks that could affect this draft: Tom Brady.  He still hasn’t signed and there are still a few teams in the mix.  Where he lands may dictate changes in team needs, especially if he doesn’t re-sign with the Patriots.

Just the second mock draft I did this off-season.  See?  I told you I wouldn’t be doing as many.  I guess it keeps some sort of football mode going now that there isn’t even the XFL to watch.

I honestly haven’t worked at all on the college football schedule yet.  Nothing.  At some point I will get to it but for right now it does seem pointless to really dive deep into it.  I know once we get into April I will start ramping things up as the draft will be near and we might be actually thinking of football a bit at that point.  Keep safe.  Don’t go crazy but just take the proper precautions.  Gotta hope that in like a couple of months we can look back at this and say “Yeah maybe we overreacted a bit but the virus is under control and things haven’t gone seriously sideways.”  Have a great rest of March!

Quick Super Bowl Review (OK) and the first Mock Draft (Ugh)

First off, there are your two MVPs right there.  Sweet Jesus.  Shakira is 43 and J-Lo is 50.  That is insane.  It was actually a pretty good halftime show for obvious reasons.

So how about that Super Bowl…compared to last season’s shitshow it was one of the greatest Super Bowls ever.  In reality it was quite a good game.  The Chiefs coming back from double digit deficits in every one of their playoff games is epic and will add to the Patrick Mahomes legend.  The Niners were up 20-10 after three quarters.  Then it was like a brand new game started in the fourth quarter.  The Chiefs scored three unanswered touchdowns and absolutely dominated that final quarter.  And it’s nice to see Andy Reid finally win the big one.  So now the best active coach to not win a Super Bowl?  Oh baby it’s Riverboat Ron Rivera, the brand-new coach of the Washington Redskins.  So yeah he will be in that spot for a while.

Alright the season is over.  No more football…until Saturday when the XFL begins!  I assume we won’t have Vince McMahon and The Rock introducing the league but you never know.  So now starts the draft season.  Which means the first mock draft from myself has been created, now that we know the order of all the picks in the first round.  So let’s begin:

FIRST ROUND

1		Joe Burrow, QB (LSU)
2		Chase Young, EDGE (Ohio State)
3		Jeff Okudah, CB (Ohio State)
4		Jedrick Wills Jr., T (Alabama)
5		Tua Tagovailoa, QB (Alabama)
6		Justin Herbert, QB (Oregon)
7		Derrick Brown, DT (Auburn)
8		Mekhi Becton, T (Louisville)
9		A.J. Epenesa, EDGE (Iowa)
10		Tristan Wirfs, T (Iowa)
11		Andrew Thomas, T (Georgia)
12		Jerry Jeudy, WR (Alabama)
13		CeeDee Lamb, WR (Oklahoma)
14		Jordan Love, QB (Utah State)
15		Kristian Fulton, CB (LSU)
16		K’Lavon Chaisson, OLB (LSU)
17		Grant Delpit, S (LSU)
18		Isaiah Simmons, OLB (Clemson)
19		Patrick Queen, LB (LSU)
20		Javon Kinlaw, DT (South Carolina)
21		C.J. Henderson, CB (Florida)
22		Yetur Gross-Matos, EDGE (Penn State)
23		Henry Ruggs III, WR (Alabama)
24		Jalen Reagor, WR (TCU)
25		Cameron Dantzler, CB (Mississippi State)
26		D’Andre Swift, RB (Georgia)
27		Xavier McKinney, S (Alabama)
28		Kenneth Murray, LB (Oklahoma)
29		Trevon Diggs, CB (Alabama)
30		Cole Kmet, TE (Notre Dame)
31		Hunter Bryant, TE (Washington)
32		Jaylon Johnson, CB (Utah)

Notes

• Just like last year, my first mock draft is only one round.  The reason is the same as always: at least ten of these guys won’t be drafted in the first round anyway (and some will drop below the second round as well).  So why bother putting in the effort to predict two rounds right off the bat?
• It’s almost a lock that Joe Burrow will be ruined be selected by the Bengals.  He has proved he can win.  He came off one of the best seasons for a college quarterback ever.  And with probably a good mentor in Andy Dalton still able to play the position (debatable), Burrow can come along slowly.  Now watch within a month Burrow starts falling down the list and someone like Jacob Eason becomes the hot commodity.
• The Dolphins are pretty much guaranteed to be the second team to pick a quarterback this draft.  Not saying this is set in stone but they have been linked with Tua for a couple months now.  Saying that, Justin Herbert wouldn’t be a bad choice there either.
• There will be trades.  I know this.  The Dolphins have three first-round picks and who knows what they will do with them.  I can’t see them trading their first pick since Tagovailoa or Herbert will fall to them.  But as for their other two first rounders?  Rumour has it they are shopping them so don’t be surprised if the Fins have two Top 10 picks by the time draft day arrives.
• The Raiders also have multiple first round picks as well.  Ah Jon Gruden.  Everyone laughed at what was happening in Oakland.  Now that they are in Vegas, not as many are laughing that’s for sure.

Anyway, everyone have a good week.  And we shall see if the XFL will last or if it will go the route of the AAF and die a quick death.