28
May
2009
NFL Rookie Dance Off!
Thirty-four members of the 2009 NFL Rookie Class were gathered together in Los Angeles this past weekend for the annual Reebok NFL Players Rookie Premiere Upper Deck Photo Shoot.
In addition to getting their pictures taken for their trading cards, the rookies were challenged to perform their best Touchdown Dance, with the winner taking home an autographed Michael Jordan jersey.
Let’s go to the videotape:
If you disregard the fact that most of these would draw a 15-yard penalty for including props (and the fact that we’ve seen half of those before anyway), there were actually some decent moves in there. Broncos RB Knowshon Moreno taking home the prize for his lumberjack celebration … I don’t know, I kind of liked Aaron Curry‘s, myself.
23
Apr
2009
Countdown to the Draft: 2 days
Ah, Spring … baseball season is underway, its playoff time in the NBA, the flowers are in bloom, the smell of fresh cut grass is in the air, college co-eds are shedding layers of clothing, and the NFL Draft is almost upon us! Honestly, is there a better time of year? (Video via Kissing Suzy Kolber)
Here are a few draft-related links to get you in the mood for this weekend:
- Pro Football Weekly has posted a new Draft Value Chart, which gives a position-by-position breakdown of where they think players will be selected. It’s pretty helpful to get an idea of who a team might at a position of need, and where certain players will fall – especially in the later rounds.
- Wake Forest LB Aaron Curry is slashing prices just in time for this weekend’s draft! NFL.com reports that Curry is willing to take less money from Detroit as the #1 overall pick than Jake Long received from the Dolphins last year. Most reports have the Lions taking QB Matt Stafford with the first pick, but according to MLive.com, they have also completed a deal with Curry if a deal with Stafford can’t be reached.
- Finally, the NY Daily News is reporting that the Giants/Browns deal for Braylon Edwards is dead. Honestly, I’ve heard so many different reports over the last few weeks, I don’t know what to think anymore. And at this point, both sides are throwing up so much smoke, nobody really knows what’s going to happen until draft day. For my money, I still say Edwards will be a Giant by Saturday night. I think all of the leaked info over the past few months has been posturing by two stubborn GMs, and when the Browns go on the clock with the #5 pick, it’ll get done.
16
Apr
2009
Is there a draft in here?
Wake Forest LB Aaron Curry is going to change an NFL defense next year
We are just over one week away from the greatest annual event in all of football: the NFL Draft! As such, you’ll be seeing more and more draft chatter around these parts. But, “why is the NFL Draft the greatest event in the sport”, you ask?
Quite simply, it is because EVERY team is involved, and EVERY team is getting better! Usually in sports, in order for one team to succeed, another team has to fail. In the Super Bowl, for all the fanfare, there are only two fanbases that are truly interested in the game. Not so on draft day. Everyone is filled with hope for the future. No matter where you’re picking, you’re going to be able to fill some holes in your roster, and wheel & deal to improve your chances for next season. Unless of course you’re the Jets. They just stink. But everyone else is having a great time during the draft, trying to find those gems in the rough who will join their team and hopefully contribute for years to come. (Er, well, at least until training camp rolls around and the #1 pick blows out his knee, or decides to make it rain at a local strip club and ends up on the evening news. But that’s neither here nor there.) In late April, it’s all about HOPE!
Pretty much every sports website and blog out there is posting Mock Draft v7.3 today, along with a more information than you’d ever want to know about these draft prospects. So, now’s the time to start getting yourselves edumacated, so you can pretend like you know what you’re talking about next weekend.
Here are a few pieces that piqued our interest, from some of the analysts we think actually have a clue:
- NFL Network’s Mike Mayock updates his top 20 prospects, as well as his top 5 at each position
- Pro Football Weekly lists the 5 most overrated and underrated players in the draft
- Sports Illustrated tells the heartwarming tale of Wake Forest LB Aaron Curry, who has invited a 12-year old Leukemia survivor to the draft festivities in NY with him
- NFL.com’s Gil Brandt lists his Hot 100 for the 2009 Draft
