The 2011 NFL Draft MEGATHREAD

[JacobL]

Thrilled with the Bucs draft outside their last pick.  That one...makes little sense.  Bowers is great value, the LBer covers them on losses this year and brings a little more upside at the unit.  The first TE is an ideal #2 with upside long term to replace Winslow.  Safety is another high production guy that is very average in physical looks but with a chip on his shoulders should be fired up to prove people wrong.  Another power back as well as another sleeper corner late.   

Heh their last pick is local kid, who walked on at Idaho and ended up semi-finalist for best TE in Country 3 years later.

Unless he is also a long snapper it seems an odd pick.  But meh maybe he turns out to be really good.  They have found good players in the 7th recently a lot oddly.  Probably to make up for no value in the 5th and 6th.

[Sophie Scholl]

Al Davis continues  to be... special.  I'm just happy we got two players before doing the usual "fastest guy in the draft" pick.  Ugh.  I'm hoping that the grabbing of a TE and a few DB's doesn't mean Nnamdi and Miller are gone.  That would suck.  A lot.  The Browns seem to have pulled off an ok draft overall.  I've been stuck at work all day so I haven't gotten to read much on either teams' picks yet.

[Sophie Scholl]

Non-Draft item, but still a nice article on why Ray Lewis is awesome:

NFL star helps NY boy after mom's suicide plunge
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=Aiwz3TIyiJ8nxNTIFlOXXAtDubYF?slug=ap-riverdeaths-survivor

[katmai]

On September 1, 2007, Appalachian State shocked the Michigan Wolverines (and the rest of the world) by beating them, 34-32. On April 30, 2011, Appalachian State (Daniel Kilgore(notes), Mark Legree(notes), D.J. Smith(notes)) shocked the Wolverines again (Jonas Mouton(notes), Steve Schilling(notes)) by beating them, 3-2, in draft picks. Some teams just have other teams' numbers.

[jimmy olsen]

I'm shocked! Shocked!

http://www.slate.com/id/2292636/

[CountDeMoney]

Non-Draft item, but still a nice article on why Ray Lewis is awesome:

NFL star helps NY boy after mom's suicide plunge
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=Aiwz3TIyiJ8nxNTIFlOXXAtDubYF?slug=ap-riverdeaths-survivor

Berkut will be the first to tell you it's just an act, as you'll notice she drowned her kids, not stabbed them.  :bigberkutrolleyes:

[jimmy olsen]

 

Will you ever get over that?

[CountDeMoney]

Will you ever get over that?

I have.  Berkut hasn't.

[CountDeMoney]

Draft pick Jimmy Smith gets the law.

And he was welcomed to the team by Ray Lewis, who called him on Saturday. "He just welcomed me and set me straight on how the team is going to be ran," he said. "He is the boss, as far as on the defense."

[dps]

I'm shocked! Shocked!

http://www.slate.com/id/2292636/

I'd really like to see a lot more data points before I put much stock in this.