Mock Draft Roundup
With the NFL draft a little over two weeks away, mock drafts are everywhere on the internets. The Buckeye outlook: not so good. For some reason, Ted Ginn has to run to prove his speed, while Pittman and Gonzalez are lucky to be projected in the 2nd round by some.
Here’s a breakdown of of big media’s forecasts:
| Todd McShay - ESPN ($) | McShay projects the first two rounds and has Ginn going #19 (1) to the Titans. He has Pittman going #43 (2) to the Bills and Gonzalez picked at #56 (2) by Denver. Ginn and Vince Young could be scary on broken play go-routes, while the Bills need running backs. Gonzalez could be McCaffrey 2.0 in Denver. |
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| Don Banks - SI | Banks only provides a mock draft for the first round and he sees Ginn going #22 (1) to Dallas, noting that the Cowboys have somewhat addressed their safety needs with Ken Hamlin and Jerry does love him some speed. |
| Pete Schrager - FOX Sports | Another guy that likes the Titans getting Ginn at #19 (1). He also likes the Broncos getting Gonzalez, only in the 3rd round (#70) instead of the 2nd (#56) where McShay has him. Finally, he likes Pittman to go #83 (3) to the Panthers. |
| Rob Rang - CBS SportsLine.com | No love here as Rang only projects the first round and has Ginn going #30 (1) to the Chargers. No doubt a good spot to end up in, Ginn won’t be around for the Chargers to grab. |
NFL personnel guys can behave like a pack of teenage girls come draft time, so you can bet that once Ginn lays skid marks down on the track today, he’ll go skyrocketing back up the board and the Devin Hester effect will be dancing in the minds of league GMs.
Ginn won’t get out of the top 15, possibly the top 10. Assuming the QB’s are gone, I see him going to the Dolphins at no. 9. They lost their kick returner to free-agency.
If Joe Thomas is available & the Browns pass on him, they are retarded. I understand that Peterson has a lot of potential. But unfortunately, he has a lot of injury & jailarity potential as well. You would think they would’ve finally figured it out by now. If you’re a shitty team & you continue to draft QBs, RBs, & WRs with your #1 draft pick…you are destined to remain shitty. And those players you drafted more often than not, get ruined in the process. Just ask Tim Couch, William Green, etc.
PS - I am a Steelers’ fan.
TG evidently dropped three 40 times all between 4.38 and 4.44. Had some trouble with routes on that ankle, though.
http://nflblogs.profootballweekly.com/NFLdraft/2007/04/ted_ginn_works_out.html
Did you see these rumblings by the Dispatch? Is beanie hurt?
http://www.dispatch.com/dispatch/content/sports/stories/2007/04/13/rumblings13.ART_ART_04-13-07_G3_FT6CB0K.html
I hadn’t seen those rumblings until you posted the link. Certainly encouraging news about Beanie.
He’s got a bad wheel, is all…He sprained his ankle and everyone’s acting like he needs it amputated for some reason…
Tressel’s holding him out rest of spring just to be safe…dont worry, we have Maurice Wells if needed…YIKES!
Would gladly take Wells over
LydellDiana Ross.Really? I’d rather have Lydell over Maurice…Lydell hit the hole like a woman but at least he wasnt as easy to bring down…
Not to worry, Brandon Saine looks like the real deal to me.
I hope so…he’s got the speed, if not the elusiveness…
With the rule change moving the kickoffs back to the 30 yard line, I’m sure Saine will get a chance or two on kick returns if nothing else…He and Ray Small would be a nice 1-2 punch back deep…
We can’t count on Saine too much at tailback. Freshmen like to fumble and usually have a tough time picking up pass-protection assignments.
Unless one is getting his Goose ons.