Your 2008 NFL Draft LIVE Thread! [Day One]

[chuck]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

Good to see you found us, Chuck.

The fking pick is in and ESPN goes to a commercial. Glad to know nothing has changed.

You have the right idea about going radio, Bob.

[HPF Bob]

Duane Brown, TE. Somebody earlier in the thread had this one pegged.

What of Owen Daniels?

[chuck]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

Duane Brown, TE. Somebody earlier in the thread had this one pegged.

What of Owen Daniels?

LT. This is going to work out fine. Brown's an athletic guy who should excel in pass protection. And, there should be an assload of acceptable defensive backs in the third.

[popanot]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

Duane Brown, TE. Somebody earlier in the thread had this one pegged.

He's a LT.

[HPF Bob]

Yeah, he's an OT. When NFL.com first posted it, it said TE - but they've since corrected it.

PFW has Brown ranked the 95th on their draft board. The Sporting News ranks him as a third-round pick with the summary:

"He has first-round talent but teams should be wary of drafting him too high because the on-field play rarely matches his natural ability."

Sounds like another Seth Wand. Well, whatever Texan scouts OL at Virginia Tech must be happy - Frye last year and Brown this year.

I should be happy we at least picked a LT but this does smell like a reach.

And Cason goes right after him.

[HPF Bob]

His NFL.com page:

http://www.nfl.com/draft/profiles/duane-brown?id=808

He's a converted tight end. Allowed 8-1/2 sacks as LT last year after two years at RT.

The kid will need to be Gibbsed up.

[cadams]

I know very little about brown, but everything i have read has said this is the guy gibbs wanted. he has the quickness to play the zone, and at least played at a solid program so he has been up against top talent. I am glad they went LT, i had thought they would go jenkins if he were still there, but as fast as the texans made the pick it seems like they had brown targeted the whole time. with the run on LTs i dont know that trading down would have been an option if they really wanted this guy.

i do like getting a couple of extra picks. sure wish they would trade sage and get on or two more.

[Vinny]

This feels like the year when we traded back and took TJ....not real thrilled to be honest.

[HPF Bob]

I agree that this sounds like a Gibbs pick. He's got the athleticism and excels at walling off - which is what zone blocking asks you to do in the running game. On the other hand, he was eaten up by speed rushers and is a holding machine (8-1/2 sacks allowed, 7 holding penalties last year). The scouting report also says he's not a fast learner and won't take the time to do additional strength or film work. He also needs work bending his knees and sliding into space.

It sounds like he's two years away from helping Schaub's blind side. The scouting report said he'll need a line coach that will chew his ass all day but stay very patient as he will progress slowly. The first part sounds like Gibbs. I dunno about the second part.

So, he's going to be Gibbs' special project.

[Vinny]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

I agree that this sounds like a Gibbs pick. He's got the athleticism and excels at walling off - which is what zone blocking asks you to do in the running game. On the other hand, he was eaten up by speed rushers and is a holding machine (8-1/2 sacks allowed, 7 holding penalties last year). The scouting report also says he's not a fast learner and won't take the time to do additional strength or film work. He also needs work bending his knees and sliding into space.

It sounds like he's two years away from helping Schaub's blind side. The scouting report said he'll need a line coach that will chew his ass all day but stay very patient as he will progress slowly. The first part sounds like Gibbs. I dunno about the second part.

So, he's going to be Gibbs' special project.

a special project when Mendenhall was sitting there....heck, take a Guard and move Chester to LT if we were gonna do this.

[popanot]

Originally Posted by chuck

The fking pick is in and ESPN goes to a commercial. Glad to know nothing has changed.

That's what's great about having both ESPN and NFLN. Chances are they won't both F'up at the same time, and sure enough, ESPN held par and NFLN came through.

[Mike]

Originally Posted by popanot

That's what's great about having both ESPN and NFLN. Chances are they won't both F'up at the same time, and sure enough, ESPN held par and NFLN came through.

IMO I like the crew on the NFNL much better than the ESPN guys. Early on I switched back and forth, the latter part of the day I stayed exclusively on the NFLN.