NFL Draft thread

[JackReacher]

I'm a sucker for action, though, so yeah, I'll take the bet.

 

[Steak Snabler]

Oh crap, someone dropped a Mamula reference.

Let me say it again ... Mike Mamula was a GREAT college player — 11 sacks as a junior, 13 as a senior (playing in the Big East, back when Miami and Virginia Tech were in there and Syracuse was still good).

Then there was his combine performance.

So he dominates in college in a good league and then he blows away the combine.

Why exactly wouldn't you draft that guy?

P.S. — Mamula was also better than people remember in the NFL until he got hurt. But for a lot of reasons (including the fact that he was replacing Reggie White and that the Eagles traded the pick that turned into Warren Sapp to move up and get him), he's been made the dual symbol of Combine busts and the Rich Kotite/Ray Rhodes era of the Eagles.

It's not accurate, and not fair.

 

[Mr. Sunshine]

I'm fully aware of what Mamula did in college and the NFL, but, fair or not, his name is synonymous with putting too much stock into combine numbers. I think it's in the dictionary.

 

[RecoveringJournalist]

I'm fully aware of what Mamula did in college and the NFL, but, fair or not, his name is synonymous with putting too much stock into combine numbers. I think it's in the dictionary.

Yeah, nobody is saying the guy sucked in college, but when you enter the combine projecting as a late second or third round pick and you wind up going seventh overall, it's a big deal.

 

[amraeder]

FWIW, I was reading a lot of "I have White ranked ahead of Cooper" before the combine.

 

[RecoveringJournalist]

Yeah, White didn't come out of nowhere. Sometimes I wonder if some of the players who come out of Alabama are a bit overhyped because we've all seen so much of them on TV. I think this year's group will be similar to last year's in that the first five receivers have the potential to be really, really good and be able to contribute right away.

Cooper scares me, not that I don't think he's going to be good, but I don't know if he's on the level of what you would expect out of a receiver taken in the top 5 or top 10 picks. White has the size and the speed that you want in a No. 1 wideout.

Strong, Parker and Green-Beckham should all be first-rounders. I sort of feel like Perriman and Coates, who I'm starting to see in the first round of some mock drafts, would both be reaches in the first round.

As a Niners fan, I hope they get Parker or Green-Beckham.

 

[Mr. Sunshine]

Yeah, White didn't come out of nowhere. Sometimes I wonder if some of the players who come out of Alabama are a bit overhyped because we've all seen so much of them on TV. I think this year's group will be similar to last year's in that the first five receivers have the potential to be really, really good and be able to contribute right away.

Cooper scares me, not that I don't think he's going to be good, but I don't know if he's on the level of what you would expect out of a receiver taken in the top 5 or top 10 picks. White has the size and the speed that you want in a No. 1 wideout.

Strong, Parker and Green-Beckham should all be first-rounders. I sort of feel like Perriman and Coates, who I'm starting to see in the first round of some mock drafts, would both be reaches in the first round.

As a Niners fan, I hope they get Parker or Green-Beckham.

You sound like a ****ty GM. :)

 

[amraeder]

Yeah, Perriman and Coastes scare me. If you can't catch the damn ball in college, why would I expect you to start catching it in the NFL?

 

[Steak Snabler]

Cooper and White could be this year's version of AJ Green and Julio Jones. There's really no wrong answer.

 

[Mr. Sunshine]

There are always wrong answers. That's why the Raiders and Browns exist.

 

[Mr. Sunshine]

Hub Arkush: 2015 NFL Mock Draft 2.0 | ChicagoFootball.com

 

[JackReacher]

Charley Casserly has White AND Parker ahead of Cooper. However, he does have all 3 as top 15 worthy.

 

[Mr. Sunshine]

Yeah, White didn't come out of nowhere. Sometimes I wonder if some of the players who come out of Alabama are a bit overhyped because we've all seen so much of them on TV. I think this year's group will be similar to last year's in that the first five receivers have the potential to be really, really good and be able to contribute right away.

Cooper scares me, not that I don't think he's going to be good, but I don't know if he's on the level of what you would expect out of a receiver taken in the top 5 or top 10 picks. White has the size and the speed that you want in a No. 1 wideout.

Strong, Parker and Green-Beckham should all be first-rounders. I sort of feel like Perriman and Coates, who I'm starting to see in the first round of some mock drafts, would both be reaches in the first round.

As a Niners fan, I hope they get Parker or Green-Beckham.

I trust a guy like Cooper coming out of a more pro-style offense with the coaches at Bama than I do White coming out of the spread at West Virginia.

 

[JackReacher]

In which Mr. Sunshine and I get blackout drunk. Perhaps in a garage.

2015 NFL Mock Draft: Marcus Mariota goes to Redskins - CBSSports.com

5. Washington -- Mariota
7. Chicago -- Kevin White

 

[Mr. Sunshine]

None of the guys the Bears signed on defense are impact players. Pace and Fox have done a great job addressing depth, but they'd be nuts to use a top 10 pick on a receiver, especially when the position is so deep.

 

[JackReacher]

I'm going to start drinking heavily on the Tuesday before the draft in preparation for the inevitable. Or maybe this Tuesday.

 

[Mr. Sunshine]

I can't wait for the Redskins to draft Mariota AND keep Griffin, Cousins and McCoy.

 

[JackReacher]

If they draft Mariota, I'll just join a Sunday old man softball league or some ****.

 

[Mr. Sunshine]

I bet Cousins gets flipped for a late draft pick.

 

[JackReacher]

I think you're probably right. I mean, of the three QBs currently on the roster, Cousins is the only one who would bring any sort of draft pick in return. Maybe they can take that 5 or 6 and somehow turn it into a 3. I'd be cool with that.