Re: 2008 NFL Draft

[Guest]

Couple of Bruins could be Bears. CB Trey Brown agreed to a free agent contract with the Bears and RB Chris Markey is going to the Bears mini-camp as a free agent.

 

Also, 3 Bruins were drafted, which is way better than the 1 last year.

[RedFlash]

Couple of Bruins could be Bears. CB Trey Brown agreed to a free agent contract with the Bears and RB Chris Markey is going to the Bears mini-camp as a free agent.

 

Also, 3 Bruins were drafted, which is way better than the 1 last year.

 

 

Didn't the Bears also sign an UDFA WR from Western Kentucky?

 

Edit: They did, Curtis Hamilton.

Edited April 28, 2008 by RedFlash

[Warpticon]

Where are you all getting this info?

[Guest]

Where are you all getting this info?

 

Bears stuff from the Trib and Sun-Times blogs.

 

UCLA WR Brandon Breazell signed a 2-year contract with Kansas City and S Dennis Keyes signed with Arizona. UCLA DT Kevin Brown was invited to Seattle's mini-camp.

[Warpticon]

Dolphins WR Davone Bess (Hawaii)

Dolphins LB Kelly Poppinga (BYU)

Dolphins T Mike Byrne (Delaware)

Dolphins T Dan Gore (Boise State)

Dolphins QB Jayson Foster (Georgia Southern)

Dolphins K Dan Carpenter (Montana)

 

Foster is the most interesting of this bunch. A small, shifty gamebreaker who played QB/RB/WR at Georgia Southern.

[CuseCubFan69]

The Vikings undrafted rookie class isn't too shabby:

 

Marcus Griffin - S, Texas

Erin Henderson - LB, Maryland

J Leman - LB, Illinois

Albert Young - RB, Iowa

Drew Radovich - T, USC

Marcus Walker - CB, Oklahoma

Kyle Wright - QB, Miami

Tim Mattran - C, Stanford

 

And they drafted da booty.

[Flames24Rulz]

Dolphins WR Davone Bess (Hawaii)

Dolphins LB Kelly Poppinga (BYU)

Dolphins T Mike Byrne (Delaware)

Dolphins T Dan Gore (Boise State)

Dolphins QB Jayson Foster (Georgia Southern)

Dolphins K Dan Carpenter (Montana)

 

Foster is the most interesting of this bunch. A small, shifty gamebreaker who played QB/RB/WR at Georgia Southern.

 

I like Bess a lot. I was pretty surprised to see none of the Hawaii WR's drafted over the weekend.

[CuseCubFan69]

First time since 1975 Syracuse didn't have a guy drafted, coach Robinson's first recruiting class, ouch.

[CuseCubFan69]

I like one of the highlights on Dorsey that has him roughing the passer.

[Post Count Padder]

The Vikings have won the battle for UFA's.

 

Husain Abdullah S Washington State

Martail Burnett DE Utah

Leger Douzable DT Central Florida

Marcus Griffin S Texas

Steven Hauschka K NC State

Erin Henderson LB Maryland

Nate Jones WR Texas

Travis Key CB Michigan State

Jeremy “J” Leman LB Illinois

Tim Mattran C Stanford

Drew Radovich T USC

Darius Reynaud WR West Virginia

Brandon Sumrall CB S Mississippi

Marcus Walker CB Oklahoma

Kyle Wright QB Miami (Fla.)

Albert Young RB Iowa

Not a bad crop. I'm becoming more and more pleased by the Vikings' draft. The Titans on the other hand...

[dew1679666265]

The Vikings have won the battle for UFA's.

 

Husain Abdullah S Washington State

Martail Burnett DE Utah

Leger Douzable DT Central Florida

Marcus Griffin S Texas

Steven Hauschka K NC State

Erin Henderson LB Maryland

Nate Jones WR Texas

Travis Key CB Michigan State

Jeremy “J” Leman LB Illinois

Tim Mattran C Stanford

Drew Radovich T USC

Darius Reynaud WR West Virginia

Brandon Sumrall CB S Mississippi

Marcus Walker CB Oklahoma

Kyle Wright QB Miami (Fla.)

Albert Young RB Iowa

Not a bad crop. I'm becoming more and more pleased by the Vikings' draft. The Titans on the other hand...

 

Hey, don't worry. We signed two undrafted running backs - UK's Rafael Little and Delaware's Omar Cuff.

 

Our hole at running back has been filled.

[dew1679666265]

The Titans' undrafted free agents, by the way:

 

RB Rafael Little, UK

RB Omar Cuff, Delaware

WR Jason Rivers, Hawaii

G/C Eric Scott, UK

C Fernando Velasco, UGA

S Tony Joiner, UF

DT Barry Booker, Va Tech

LB Jerrell Freeman, Mary-Hardin Baylor

T Brock Pasteur, Stephen F. Austin

WR Edward Williams, Lane College

 

Mike Reinfeldt certainly has an infatuation with small college players. In addition to four of 10 undrafted free agents, he drafted two more from no-name colleges (Willie Mays Hayes, Winston Salem, and Cary Williams, Washburn). He's very similar to Bill Polian in that sense, going for the talented unknown on the cheap.

 

Problem is, Polian's very good at what he does, Mike Reinfeldt simply is not.

 

To be fair, I like bringing in Velasco, Joiner, Cuff and Rivers. Booker's interesting, but I know nothing about Freeman, Pasteur and Williams.

 

Little is just a worse version of Chris Johnson, who's a more productive version of Chris Henry (who was, interestingly, already on our roster before we wasted our first round pick).

 

Ping, do you know anything at all about Eric Scott?

[Flames24Rulz]

The Titans' undrafted free agents, by the way:

 

RB Rafael Little, UK

RB Omar Cuff, Delaware

WR Jason Rivers, Hawaii

G/C Eric Scott, UK

C Fernando Velasco, UGA

S Tony Joiner, UF

DT Barry Booker, Va Tech

LB Jerrell Freeman, Mary-Hardin Baylor

T Brock Pasteur, Stephen F. Austin

WR Edward Williams, Lane College

 

Willie Mays Hayes, Winston Salem

 

Is that really his name? If so...awesome.

[dew1679666265]

The Titans' undrafted free agents, by the way:

 

RB Rafael Little, UK

RB Omar Cuff, Delaware

WR Jason Rivers, Hawaii

G/C Eric Scott, UK

C Fernando Velasco, UGA

S Tony Joiner, UF

DT Barry Booker, Va Tech

LB Jerrell Freeman, Mary-Hardin Baylor

T Brock Pasteur, Stephen F. Austin

WR Edward Williams, Lane College

 

Willie Mays Hayes, Winston Salem

 

Is that really his name? If so...awesome.

 

I wish, but no. He's actually William Hayes. If his name were Willie Mays Hayes, though, it'd be his redeeming quality and worth using a fourth round pick on.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

The Cowboys list of UFA signings.

 

DT Marcus Dixon - Hampton

 

WR Danny Amendola - Texas Tech

 

DE Darrell Robertson - Georgia Tech

 

TE Drew Atchison - William & Mary

 

DB Dowayne Davis - Syracuse

 

QB Daniel Polk - Midwestern State

 

FB Julius Crosslin - Oklahoma State

 

OL Brandon Hale - Sam Houston State

 

P Jay Ottovegio - Stanford

 

WR Mark Bradford - Stanford

 

RB Keon Lattimore - Maryland

 

OL Andrew Brecher - Harvard

[CuseCubFan69]

What ever happened to Achilles Smith? Didn't the Bengals take him right before or right after the Eagles picked McNabb?

[dew1679666265]

What ever happened to Achilles Smith? Didn't the Bengals take him right before or right after the Eagles picked McNabb?

 

Akili Smith? He was drafted by the Bengals (I think in the McNabb draft) and quickly busted out. He was terrible in the NFL and, to the best of my knowledge, is now out of the game completely.

[CuseCubFan69]

What ever happened to Achilles Smith? Didn't the Bengals take him right before or right after the Eagles picked McNabb?

 

Akili Smith? He was drafted by the Bengals (I think in the McNabb draft) and quickly busted out. He was terrible in the NFL and, to the best of my knowledge, is now out of the game completely.

 

Wasn't he picked 2nd or 4th?

[Andy]

What ever happened to Achilles Smith? Didn't the Bengals take him right before or right after the Eagles picked McNabb?

 

Akili Smith? He was drafted by the Bengals (I think in the McNabb draft) and quickly busted out. He was terrible in the NFL and, to the best of my knowledge, is now out of the game completely.

 

Wasn't he picked 2nd or 4th?

Or somewhere in between. :)

[imb]

First round QBs since 2000

 

2000

No. 18 Chad Pennington

 

2001

No. 1 Mike Vick

(Drew Brees was the first pick of the second round

 

2002

No. 1 David Carr

No. 3 Joey Harrington

No. 32 Patrick Ramsey

 

2003

No. 1 Carson Palmer

No. 7 Byron Leftwich

No. 19 Kyle Boller

No. 22 Rex Grossman

 

2004

No. 1 Eli Manning

No. 4 Philip Rivers

No. 11 Ben Roethlisberger

No. 22 JP Losman

 

2005

No. 1 Alex Smith

No. 24 Aaron Rodgers

No. 25 Jason Campbell

 

2006

No. 3 Vince Young

No. 10 Matt Leinart

No. 11 Jay Cutler

 

2007

No. 1 Jamarcus Russell

No. 22 Brady Quinn

 

Obviously the last two classes are still up in the air, but there are a lot more hits than misses in the other ones.

[jersey cubs fan]

First round QBs since 2000

 

2000

No. 18 Chad Pennington

 

2001

No. 1 Mike Vick

(Drew Brees was the first pick of the second round

 

2002

No. 1 David Carr

No. 3 Joey Harrington

No. 32 Patrick Ramsey

 

2003

No. 1 Carson Palmer

No. 7 Byron Leftwich

No. 19 Kyle Boller

No. 22 Rex Grossman

 

2004

No. 1 Eli Manning

No. 4 Philip Rivers

No. 11 Ben Roethlisberger

No. 22 JP Losman

 

2005

No. 1 Alex Smith

No. 24 Aaron Rodgers

No. 25 Jason Campbell

 

2006

No. 3 Vince Young

No. 10 Matt Leinart

No. 11 Jay Cutler

 

2007

No. 1 Jamarcus Russell

No. 22 Brady Quinn

 

Obviously the last two classes are still up in the air, but there are a lot more hits than misses in the other ones.

 

Really? Chad's been alright, but his success was moderate at best and very short lived. Rivers and Cutler may be good, but neither has done much, and neither has anybody else not bolded.

[minnesotacubsfan]

First round QBs since 2000

 

2000

No. 18 Chad Pennington

 

2001

No. 1 Mike Vick

(Drew Brees was the first pick of the second round

 

2002

No. 1 David Carr

No. 3 Joey Harrington

No. 32 Patrick Ramsey

 

2003

No. 1 Carson Palmer

No. 7 Byron Leftwich

No. 19 Kyle Boller

No. 22 Rex Grossman

 

2004

No. 1 Eli Manning

No. 4 Philip Rivers

No. 11 Ben Roethlisberger

No. 22 JP Losman

 

2005

No. 1 Alex Smith

No. 24 Aaron Rodgers

No. 25 Jason Campbell

 

2006

No. 3 Vince Young

No. 10 Matt Leinart

No. 11 Jay Cutler

 

2007

No. 1 Jamarcus Russell

No. 22 Brady Quinn

 

Obviously the last two classes are still up in the air, but there are a lot more hits than misses in the other ones.

 

Really? Chad's been alright, but his success was moderate at best and very short lived. Rivers and Cutler may be good, but neither has done much, and neither has anybody else not bolded.

 

I would add Phillip Rivers, as I think he is starting to come on and be a decent QB, but thats about it

[rawaction]

Eli, Ben, and Palmer are all franchise QBs. Vick was a franchise QB before..... The 3 guys from the 02 class and Boller are probably the only true busts. But Pennington, Leftwich, Losman, and Grossman all have failed to come close to expectations. Russell's the only one with a better than average chance to be a franchise QB.

[imb]

Sorry, I meant more misses than hits.

 

My point was supposed to be that first round QBs are a crapshoot, no matter if they go No. 1 overall or No. 30

[Post Count Padder]

http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2008/04/29/morelli_heads_to_desert.aspx

 

Penn State FAs QB Anthony Morelli, FB Matt Hahn, RB Austin Scott, WR Terrell Golden get signed.