2013 NFL draft running thread

The Saints have not taken one since Archie Manning.

 

Tebow is nothing but the equivalent of a sideshow freak at this point. Only a carnival barker would trade for him, even with his relatively cap-friendly contract.

 

It should be pointed out that the Broncos had to trade ahead of the Vikings in the draft in order to take Tebow...

Brad Childress loved Tebow.

 

Hudson is still in the Mpls-St Paul area, only 30 miles from downtown Minneapolis.

 

From Barnwell today....

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/9214101/bill-barnwell-day-one-nfl-draft

Minnesota acquires the 29th overall pick from New England for the 52nd, 83rd, 102nd, and 229th picks.
Quantitative winner: New England (59.5 percent more in return)
Real-life winner: New England

Note the dramatic gulf between what Stuart's model thought of the difference in value across the first four trades and what it thought of this one. The Patriots, simply put, took the Vikings to the cleaners. It's incredible that Bill Belichick seems to pull this off every year, but it's even more impressive in this draft. Chase's model estimates, historically, that the 29th overall pick has delivered about 40 percent more value than the 52nd overall pick during their first five seasons in the league. That's really not that much, and in a flat draft like this year's, it's undoubtedly a smaller figure, probably closer to 10 percent or so. For that tiny chance of getting a better player, the Vikings gave up third- and fourth-round picks that could end up producing valuable contributors. In 2007, the 83rd pick delivered Charles Johnson, who became a double-digit pass rusher and one of the highest-paid players in football. The 102nd pick that year was Brian Robison, who himself has 30 sacks over six years in the league. The Patriots aren't getting worthless picks here.

The Vikings made this move to get Cordarrelle Patterson, which seems shortsighted considering the bevy of second-tier wideouts still left on the market. They could have waited through the end of the first round and the top of the second round, where few teams need wideouts, before pouncing in the middle of the second round. That might only have cost them a fifth-round pick or so. In any case, it took what had been an excellent Vikings draft and ruined their night. And while it might not have been the most exciting return for Patriots fans, it was very clearly the right move to make.

 

No, I grew up in Minnesota so I followed the Vikings. My dad was always a Packer fan. Never got on the Viking bandwagon when they came to be, stayed true to the Packers, the team he grew up with.

I've told this story here before, but one of my earliest memories of my dad is him watching a game on TV and yelling "get him, get him" as Fran Tarkenton was scrambling, as Sir Francis was wont to do.

 

I know, but now and forever it will say "Wisconsin" on their marriage certificate.

 

Kiper is justified by how they perform in the pros.

Wilson hurt his stock, but all teams miss. It's OK if he does as well.

 

I think CBS Sports had about 15 different people doing mocks. It is nuts.

 

They technically used a No. 1 when they took Dave Wilson in the 1981 supplemental draft. It cost them their No. 1 in the 1982 draft (they got another No. 1 pick from San Diego in the Wes Chandler trade, but used it on Lindsay Scott).

 

CBS has two guys doing mock drafts year round... I actually liked how they set it up from the Super Bowl on where there are six mock drafts going at the same time...

 

If you use that, then the last QB the Cowboys took in the first round was Steve Walsh.