Rick Gosselin's second NFL mock draft

[kRocket]

His second mock:

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcont....e3cc4cc9.html

Brian Orakpo: Wow, that is different!

[TexanJedi]

I would take "Orapko", to quote Charlie Casserly, if he were there, especially considering a trade down w/ Philly seems to be less likely.

[HPF Bob]

Beanie Wells to the Saints??? How does he expect them to pay for him, Bush and Duece?

[TexanJedi]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

Beanie Wells to the Saints??? How does he expect them to pay for him, Bush and Duece?

Yeah, I would be surprised to see that and they seem to like Pierre Thomas. They need defense as badly as or perhaps worse than we do.

[nunusguy]

Because of the increase in 3-4 teams resulting in even more opportunities for Orapko, he's been moving up Draft boards not down them.
I dunno is Gosselin on a mission to make make a travesty out of his Draft-mock reputation ?

[painekiller]

Originally Posted by nunusguy

Because of the increase in 3-4 teams resulting in even more opportunities for Orapko, he's been moving up Draft boards not down them.
I dunno is Gosselin on a mission to make make a travesty out of his Draft-mock reputation ?

Or like the guys on the NFLn have said, the scouts are thinking of Orapko as a 4-3 DE only. That would drop him.

[Roy P]

Originally Posted by nunusguy

I dunno is Gosselin on a mission to make make a travesty out of his Draft-mock reputation ?

http://www.thehuddlereport.com/Free/...hpost.2009.htm

"None of the mocks are credible, including mine," Gosselin says. "It's all guesswork. We're not drafting. You don't see the general manager of the Giants or the general manager of the Bears doing a mock draft. Everybody else that's doing a mock is guessing. So I'm just trying to provide the readers a service: 'Here are a couple of options for your team. Enjoy the draft.''"

Gosselin does three mock drafts: a preliminary list of how players stack up (he had the Dolphins taking Ohio State linebacker James Laurinaitis); a second mock, which comes out today, placing greater weight on teams' needs; and a final list factoring in late developments. He works 10 to 12 hours a day for two months.

"I probably enjoy working the draft more than I do at this point the games," Gosselin says, "because it's a new puzzle every year."

He never looks at other mocks because "I don't want anything to taint what my ears are hearing." Nor does he study film.

"People have said, 'Gosselin, these aren't his rankings,'''' he says. "Well, that's right. I'm a writer, I'm not a talent evaluator. I'm not getting hired or fired or paid to make draft picks - but I talk to the people that are getting hired, fired or paid to make draft picks. Those are the people I trust."

[cloudwasher]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

Beanie Wells to the Saints??? How does he expect them to pay for him, Bush and Duece?

FYI, Deuce is a free agent now, but I agree with your point. I think theyre going to try to work with Thomas and don't think theyre ready yet to accept that Bush as a bust.

I do think its interesting that they have the Lions taking Aaron Curry with the #1 pick. I think this might be the guy Schwartz would pick if it were his decision alone... I don't think this is very likely either, though, since the Lions have rarely been known to make wise draft decisions.

[gunn]

I don't see Curry going #1 either. You can say that he's the best overall player in the draft until you're blue in the face, but there's no value there. Maybe I'm wrong here but I have a hard time believing that some team that runs a 43 is going to pay any linebacker #1 overall kind of money.