Mock Draft Results and more

So I reviewed the mock drafts that Lloyd and I did and applied the agreed upon scoring formula and found out that its true, I am much better than him at mock drafts. The system was simple, only scoring the first round, if you get a player correct to that slot, then you get 10 points. Every position you are off reduces that by 1 point, all the way into negative numbers if necessary (and it was). The final tally is Tim with 116 points, or an average of 3.62 per player, and Lloyd with 73, or an average of 2.28 per player.

With all that being said, this was by far the quirkiest draft I can ever remember seeing, and of course I had second row seats to it, literally. I understand everyone's big board is different, and that Mel Kiper and Scouts Inc. aren't the only authority on these players, but when a guy ranked in the top 100 for McShay doesn't get drafted, something is wrong. Everyone focused on the Raiders, who had an absolutely awful draft, and I don't care if some other team had Michael Mitchell as a 3rd rounder, taking him in the 2nd is just idiotic. He's tall and fast, but he didn't produce against lesser competition, and wasn't even a feature player at Ohio's pro day. All that aside, the underrated terrible draft goes to the Jacksonville Jaguars. Their first two picks are solid, but they passed up on Michael Crabtree, who I absolutely love, to take Eugene Monroe, and then took another OT in the 2nd round. This after going out in the offseason and bringing in Tra Thomas and paying him too much money. Then, they took two players back to back that left a lot of people at the draft going "huh?" Terrance Knighton. He's a DT out of Temple that I couldn't find listed too many places, and then immediately after they took Derek Cox, a CB out of William and Mary. The collective of guys sitting in our area just seemed confounded, as did the guys in the booth talking about it. As Mel Kiper stresses, the draft is about value, not who you pick. These guys were both at best 6th round picks who were taken in the 3rd when much better players were still available. Then with their next 5 picks they decided to take 3 WRs, 1 RB, and 1 TE. For a team with such a need they waited way too long to address it. They have the 2nd worst draft, yet they got a C+ grade. I just don't see it.

Speaking of going to the draft, that was quite an experience. The guy in front of Lloyd and I smelled like he hadn't showered in quite a while, and had back hair that you could braid. I got the signatures of many ESPN personalities, and found out that Herm Edwards is just about the nicest guy ever. Those guys put in a lot of time, and they still were cheerful enough afterwards to sign some autographs and talk breifly with everyone. I was really impressed with the whole setup. Plus I got a nice bag of gifts for free, which always helps smooth things over with me. The Radio City Music Hall is beautiful, and hopefully someday soon I'll be taking over for Mel and running the show there.