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• LSU DE Tyson Jackson will go in the Top 5. Not might. Will. This qualified as the biggest shocker, to me, since almost every mock draft I looked at pegged Jackson to be a mid- to late first-rounder at best. I thought the Top 5 was pretty locked in, too. But, of course, I shouldn’t have doubted Mr. Brandt. I asked around after the show to see if I could confirm it, and sure enough one NFL source I know did tell me he’s heard the Kansas City Chiefs might take Jackson at No. 3, or trade down and take him a few picks later.
• The Seattle Seahawks, at No. 4, will likely select either Texas Tech WR Michael Crabtree or USC QB Mark Sanchez.
• Crabtree will fall somewhere between Picks 4 and 10, though given the variables it was impossible to guess exactly where.
• The Oakland Raiders will take a receiver at No. 7 (and it’s hard to imagine them passing on Crabtree if he’s available, so I suppose we can narrow down Crabtree’s placement to 4-7).
• There will be no defensive backs taken in the Top 10.
• The Saints, at No. 14, are looking for a big cornerback, and Ohio State’s Malcolm Jenkins is a good bet to be their guy.
• The New England Patriots, at No. 23 will take a linebacker.
• Oklahoma T Phil Loadholt (6-7, 332) will go in the first round of the draft. His teammate, G Duke Robinson (6-5, 330, and the top-rated guard on most boards), will not.
• Cincinnati DE Connor Barwin didn’t begin this process as a first-rounder, but he has managed to sneak himself into the bottom of the first round.
• The Buffalo Bills are targeting a DE with the 11th pick (and not Tennessee DE Robert Ayers, by the way). They are also pretty high on Oklahoma State TE Brandon Pettigrew, but aren’t likely to take him unless they trade down a few spots. (Important note: Things have obviously changed a little since then, since the Bills acquired a second first-round pick from Philadelphia in the Jason Peters trade. Now the Bills have both the 11th and 28th pick. Of course, they also have an obvious need for a tackle).
It is worth a read, as Brandt still has good NFL connections and sounds pretty sure.
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It is worth a read, as Brandt still has good NFL connections and sounds pretty sure.
It's not too hard to put the Patriots LB in the 1st rumor and the Barwin in the 1st comment together.
So Don Banks has us taking Darius Butler, Mel Kiper hears we are taking Donald Brown, and Gil Brandt has us going LB. Yup. Things are right on schedule. No one has an F-ing clue what the Pats are actually going to do.
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So Don Banks has us taking Darius Butler, Mel Kiper hears we are taking Donald Brown, and Gil Brandt has us going LB. Yup. Things are right on schedule. No one has an F-ing clue what the Pats are actually going to do.
Banks didn't say exactly where he thought we'd take Butler :
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I have it on good authority that Belichick loves Butler and will make him the second cornerback to come off the board. All you need to know is the Pats head coach attended UConn's pro day, and that's not an every-day trip for Mr. Hoodie.
Banks didn't say exactly where he thought we'd take Butler :
Maybe we'll convert Butler to LB.
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It's not too hard to put the Patriots LB in the 1st rumor and the Barwin in the 1st comment together.
So Don Banks has us taking Darius Butler, Mel Kiper hears we are taking Donald Brown, and Gil Brandt has us going LB. Yup. Things are right on schedule. No one has an F-ing clue what the Pats are actually going to do.
LOL And no one will until possibly late Friday and into Saturday when Holley, Mayock and Lombardi will all suddenly have a prediction out of left field that Kiper, McShay and all the other pundits will be pegging a stunner and a reach. By Sunday word will leak out that 3 of the next 5 teams on the clock were all targeting this player and are now crashingly disappointed.
One year it would be interesting if the league allowed the Pats to pick for all 32 teams in the first. Kiper and a lot of draft pundits would probably be unemployed in the aftermath.
It's not too hard to put the Patriots LB in the 1st rumor and the Barwin in the 1st comment together.
So Don Banks has us taking Darius Butler, Mel Kiper hears we are taking Donald Brown, and Gil Brandt has us going LB. Yup. Things are right on schedule. No one has an F-ing clue what the Pats are actually going to do.
Add to this in this mornings MMQ with Peter King in his opinion the patriots drafting of drafting Darius Butler is a smoke screen.
Add to this in this mornings MMQ with Peter King in his opinion the patriots drafting of drafting Darius Butler is a smoke screen.
No, he said the Patriots love Butler. He said the smokescreen is the Patriots letting on that they love him to double confuse people who think it's a smokescreen.
I can see a run-heavy team drafting him despite his suckage though. If you're Baltimore or Tennessee, Loadholt makes a little bit of sense. I can see the Cowboys taking him too (I know, the Cowboys don't have a first-rounder). Especially if you give him some chip help on passing downs. Tackles that huge and that effective against the run aren't all that common.
One year it would be interesting if the league allowed the Pats to pick for all 32 teams in the first. Kiper and a lot of draft pundits would probably be unemployed in the aftermath.
Now that would be funny.
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Gil Brandt says Pats will take a LB at #23
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