So, I’ll have to snoop around on these a little later. Nice finds though NYC. Drop me an email if you would, I have some pretty specific questions about NYC and I think you’d be a big help. Calijoefornia@gmail.com

It is mentioned above, that neither Chiefs nor Broncos did anything to help their pass rush. Actually this extends to the whole Parcells / Belichick tree, since the Pats, Dolphins and Browns didn’t do anything there, either.

And actually we have seven picks next year – we have Dallas’ 5th from the Montrae Holland trade.

http://www.denverbroncos.com/page.php?id=334&storyID=9003 — almost every individual paragraph about the pickups:
  “Team Leader”, “team captain”, “team captain”, “ex-marine”[team player imho], “all time leader”, “named after rulon jones” — sorry that last one just made me chuckle =)

awesome, and so, so apprecaited bro!

Thanks for knocking these out every am. It’s a total blessing to the rest of us!

Word, you rule!

Read the post about the uphevel from the DHB pick. Raider nation expands from Nova Scotia to Canada. Unfortunatly Nova Scotia is in Canada. So I’m guessing Raider Nation goes from one end of Castro St. to the other.

To say somebody drafted good players and give them a grade of D is pundit villager thinking at its best. I absolutely love that all of the criticisms of the Broncos’ draft cite the good talent they got. If only I could fail so wonderfully in life.

Man the Frei post was hilarious. I love it, don’t target yourself down to players you WANT, dilute yourself with players you don’t want because that is being more open and savvy when it comes to drafting.

He then criticizes the Patriot Way during a time when the Patriots are the most consistent and competitive team in the NFL and the draft over the last decade…

I wonder if he ever reads back through what he just said and gets a headache.

[Rulon] Davis, 25, served in the Marines for three years out of high school — and did a six-month tour in Iraq

Good points everyone thank you too!

has anyone noticed the theme from the writers in the media that it is better to be perceived as “Serious about Winning” than to actually win.

I mean teams that threw everything into one basket and took a big gamble, the Jets, are given kudos for being serious. Of course if Sanchez is anything less than stellar their lack of depth and foresight will set the franchise back years.

Meanwhile teams that draft multiple positions across the board looking for the best football players for the team, they are mocked and looked down on.

I am going out on a limb but if anyone wanted to bet me who would have the better record of the next 3 years, Denver or NYJ I wouldn’t hesitate to take Denver.

I have to say, I’m blown away by this kid’s attitude. I’ll be rooting for him to succeed from now on, much in the same way I’ve been a Byron Leftwich fan since that incredible performance in the GMAC Bowl on a broken leg as a senior. Shame Cutler doesn’t have their heart or head…

is one of the saner post-draft evaluations I’ve read. Definitely feels like he a) did his homework, b) tried to be fair and rational, and c) admits that you can’t know everything just yet. Compare his piece to the lazy gobbledygook from Cole for instance. (I pointed out Cole’s evaluation the other day and suggested Broncos fans drop him a polite note about his Broncos’ grade.)

Anyway, thanks as always for these round ups!

about draft analysis and grades is that from a scientific stand point they are fundamentally flawed. (More so than you are thinking)

Consider this… a bunch of guys rate players on their opinions of their talent and ability projecting to the NFL. These ratings as we all know are flawed and carry with them a rather large uncertainty.

Now these same individuals rate team drafts based on these ratings they previously gave of the players. In essence this rating is compounding the original uncertainty inherent with the player ratings. End result, HUGE error.

I bet, if you really tried to represent it, that a rating of a D is probably more accurately written as D +- 3 letter grades. (At least)

I really do think that salary cap considerations were part of the Alphonso Smith move, as they should have been. Klis makes a big deal of McDaniels quoting Bowlen as saying “no restrictions” on paying for new acquistions. But Bowlen’s willingness to pay isn’t the issue, fitting all those high picks under the cap is.

In political terms, this is what’s called a non-denial denial, like Bill Clinton saying "I did not have sex with that woman, or Scott McLellan citing the inaccuracy of the story that Dick Cheny’s office had leaked Valerie Plame’s identity. Which part was inaccurate? He wouldn’t say. I included examples from both sides of the spectrum to keep everyone happy, but the operative point here is that McDaniels did not rule out salary-cap explanations.

It worked somewhat but eventually led to him ripping the cubbards bare in SD and WA and a reason he was dismissed, it’s a high risk low reward stratagy IMO.